This opera revolves around the demonic collective possession suffered by the Ursuline nuns in the convent of Loudun in 1634. The story concentrates on the handsome but doomed Urbain Grandier who fights against fanaticism and evil.

Murder mystery about the disappearance of a boy who has leukaemia following the murder of his mother, which he witnessed.

A German scientist murders his fiancée during World War II when he learns that she has been selling the results of his secret research to the enemy.