Adèle Shaykhulova

Otto’s parents get divorced and this is the last day to empty their apartment. Otto slips away in the early morning, between the towers of the Olympics district, perhaps to delay this moment a little bit more.

As a small girl, Adèle Shaykhulova had to leave Russia for France, leaving the rest of her family behind. To make up for this absence, she secretly films their conversations. But when she learns that her cousin Sonia, with whom she grew up, has cancer, film becomes perhaps the only way to bridge an immeasurable distance.

Chao Ping, a Chinese student in Paris, has broken her computer containing all her data. While she hopes to recover them, her parents are hoping for her return to them in China.

Elina, a young Russian journalist, travels to an Alpine ski resort to write an article about a wellness retreat. But during her stay, news from her home country comes to haunt her as she must face her own malaise.

Muhammad is 23 years old and is stuck living in Paris. While his trial drags on, he waits, trying to find his place in this foreign city.