Claude Debord

Victor Valance, an absent father and gambler, works with shady casino operations abroad. When he returns to Paris in need of money, he plans to take advantage that Pauline, his eldest daughter now fully responsible for the whole family, has begun to work for the Ministry of Finance. Pauline thwarts his new projects but when she realizes gangsters are looking for Victor she will put her life at risk to help him and save their family.

An aeronautical engineer in his forties, passionate about his job, nevertheless opts for a well-compensated year of unemployment as a sabbatical. What happens when city space and time are no longer defined by employment? Where are the wonderful projects? Where are the intimate resources?

A lucid, sincere and intricate political film, it demonstrates how French neocolonialism exploits migrant labor and exerts a cultural imperialism over their minds.

"Nancy, Hôtel de Guise, November 25th, 1983." A young woman enters the establishment after a long day's work. She hopes to watch a film on television, but the set is broken. Nothing out of the ordinary happens — an uneventful evening. The young woman meets a quiet young man.

In Tunisia, in the small village of Takrouna, Kassem dreams only of going to France just as construction begins on the Club du Soleil, a vacation camp for tourists.

It is the start of the 14th century and Philip IV the Fair reigns supreme over France. His three sons would rule after him. Isabelle, his only daughter, is married to King Edward II of England. Under Philip's reign, France is great but its people are unhappy. Only one power dares to stand up to him: the order of the Knights Templar. When the last Grand Master of the Temple, Jacques de Molay, is burned at the stake, he curses Philip and so begins a dark period, full of blood and violence, death and tears ...