At the end of the 1980s, Stella, Victor, Adèle and Etienne are 20 years old. They take the entrance exam to the famous acting school created by Patrice Chéreau and Pierre Romans at the Théâtre des Amandiers in Nanterre. Launched at full speed into life, passion, and love, together they will experience the turning point of their lives, but also their first tragedy.

A free and intimate portrait behind the scenes of Valeria Bruni Tedeschi's creation. In front of the camera, she transmits to today’s young actors the memory of the 1980s.

Emmanuel is in his twenties and studies at the dance conservatory. Between his administrative and financial setbacks and the fiasco of an audition that could have simplified everything, Emmanuel goes through a difficult day. But, by confronting some obstacles, he confronts himself and realizes how far he has come. Emmanuel has become a young adult.

Who is this Karim D. ? The new young writer whom the media can't get enough of? Or his alias, Arthur Rambo, the author of old hate-fuellled messages which are dredged up, one day, from social media websites?

Elegant, retired architect Shauna (70) crosses paths with Pierre, a happily married doctor in his 40s, who first made an impression on her in a brief meeting 15 years previously. Both are quite troubled to meet again and begin an affair. While Pierre’s family life is soon turned upside down, Shauna struggles with feelings she thought belonged to the past.

Laure cleans in a Parisian apartment belonging to the Saudi royal family. When unknown men come into the apartment, Laure is forced to hide in a storeroom with her boss. The two women must remain silent, glued to each other.

This year, 36 actresses are being highlighted by the Revelations Committee of the Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques. Lukas Dhont, a true revelation himself since his first feature film, Girl, was awarded the Caméra d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2018. He chose to feature this new generation of talents within a “dance marathon”, these exhausting competitions which took place in the United States during the Great Depression, magnificently immortalized by Jane Fonda in a film by Sydney Pollack in the 60s. Through the artistic vision of Lukas Dhont, it is no longer a question of confrontation, but on the contrary, of solidarity and cohesion. Times are changing... Revelations draw their strength from unity.

Adrien is twenty years old. He lives alone with his father, a famous actor with an overbearing personality. Adrien's summer in Paris is a succession of small failures and disillusions. More than ever, Adrien is a young man struggling with his self-confidence and his future... Unless he eliminates his father, who he considers the cause of all his setbacks.

Hicham has been madly in love with Juliana for some time now. But everything is against their love. He, a child of immigration, is stuck in a ghetto. She lives in the gypsy camp right next to him. Despite Juliana's attempts to dissuade Hicham, the young man is determined to overcome prejudice and goes to the camp to formalize their relationship, particularly to meet Willy, Juliana's over-protective brother.

Forbach, East of France, today. Mario, a man without much ambition, except where love is concerned, is back to square one after his wife left home. He now must raise his two adolescent daughters by himself, while going through some sort of a teenage crisis of his own. 14-year-old Frida blames her father for their mother's leaving and she develops ambivalent feelings towards her new girlfriend. 17-year-old Niki will soon leave home. Until then, she lives the good life. Mario can't help but lose the women he loves. Yet they must all agree to let one another go.