Gérard Sire

The movie follows the lives of a woman and a man starting from several generations earlier. The story spans a whole century and several continents.

Released from prison under a New Year amnesty, a criminal tries to pick up the threads of a life changed not only by his daring plan to rob a jewelry store in out-of-season Cannes, but also by a very special someone he met there.

A father plans to kill in the same day the nine members of the jury who condemned his son to death.

When they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to personality abductions.

A thief known as Simon the Swiss faces up and downs in his criminal profession.

A man and a woman meet by accident on a Sunday evening at their childrens' boarding school. Slowly, they reveal themselves to each other, finding that they have something deeply in common.

Four young people, tired of working life, decide that they can earn money from crime than they can from work. The film follows their training at the first "crime school", as well as their work.

The film is a road movie that follows a middle aged man who gives a young woman a lift. On the car radio, news bulletins warn the population against a recently escaped sadist who is known to prey on young women and children. Lelouch often cuts away from the main story, if only briefly, to parallel events that are not necessarily crucial to the story but illustrate what is suggested by the radio.