The year is 1943 and the place is Balandou, a small village in Guinea. The plot revolves around Adjutant Mariani, some kind of a misfit. Despised by his superiors, hated by his wife Marie-France, he represents colonial France while dreaming of Africa and its mysteries. When pro-independence Lanseye Kante, the new manager of the school, arrives in the village, turmoil arises.

In this drama, an American art student is trapped amidst the political turmoil of war-torn Europe while visiting Paris and staying at the fabulous Ritz hotel. Rather than cope constructively with it all, the fellow opts to ignore it and continue living the high-life for as long as possible.

While filming on location in Tahiti, a small-time actor seizes an opportunity to make it big, but the attention may be more than he bargained for.

Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle for the city.

A plumber finally meets the woman of his dreams. But as her uptight family tries to keep him away, he wins the lottery and starts plotting his revenge.

Two women work as entertainers and prostitutes to raise enough money for their dream home.

Jean-Claude is a student, with Didier, at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Generales where Violaine, Didier's sister, is a professor of sociology. These young people belong to this upper-class, snobbish bourgeoisie.