Jean-Pierre Darroussin

When an African boy arrives by cargo ship in the port city of Le Havre, an aging shoe shiner takes pity on the child and welcomes him into his home.

A union pensioner and his wife are robbed, but find that merely getting the assailants brought to justice is not enough for their consciences.

A brilliant mathematics student at France's top university the Ecole Normale Supérieure. On the day of her thesis presentation, a mistake shakes up all the certainty in her planned-out life, she decides to quit everything and start afresh.

Three grown children gathered at the picturesque villa of their dying father reflect on where they are, who they have become, and what they have inherited.

A retired mobster goes on a revenge spree after being left for dead with 22 bullets in his body by his former childhood friend.

A fragmented account of the life of Jeanne as she sets out on the path of adult life and gradually experiences the harsh realities of a woman's life in the 19th-century.