Bernard Bloch

In Lille, Claire Gauthier is an ordinary married woman with a young daughter that works in an insurance company. When the single veterinary Laurent Kessler claims damage in his basement caused by a flooding due to water leakage, Claire resolves the situation favorably for him. The weird Laurent visits Claire in her office successively, inviting her for drinks and lunch, and they get close to each other. Meanwhile, a serial killer is terrorizing Lille, killing women with a scalpel. (imdb)

Aged patriarch Constantin holds the reins of several families together. His three sons, a truck driver, an accountant, and an out-of-work plumber who spends most of his time in the hospital after numerous suicide attempts, frequently gather for Sunday dinner which inevitably brings out he worst in them all. (www.film.com)

Using "interviews" and eyewitness accounts from his sister and mother, a childhood friend, an employer, the poet Paul Verlaine, and others who knew him, the film constructs a portrait of Rimbaud's turbulent career, drug addictions, and early death, while the camera wanders the settings that were his favorite haunts. (National Gallery of Art)

François's life changes inexplicably overnight, from unlucky to miraculous.