Angèle returns from Africa to the country where she was born, the Cathar country, in the company of Jérémie, her child.
His father's estate is on the verge of bankruptcy. José, his father and his sister Irène do not welcome her with pleasure: she then decides to isolate herself in a house which belonged to her mother.
The arrival of Stéphane, a Bosnian refugee, will change Angèle's life. Both decide to create a regional natural park on the lands of their ancestors. Alas, the path is tough since the construction of a factory is under consideration and Irène supports the project...
The Nantes Homicide Department has saddled itself with a team of high-powered experts who are aces in solving murders yet cannot carry on a normal conversation. Criminologist Julien Tardieu has a brilliant mind and a few – dozen? – neurological disorders. This Sherlock needs two Watsons: Inspectors Lise Doumère is the volcanic, explosive one and Dan Levasseur is the quiet behind-the-scenes operator.
Bamboo-Lee, Dah-Lee and Slo-Lee are three bears with a goal: to save the world before more species become extinct. But can the bears stand up to the spineless villains behind Ratco Corporation?
It all begins when Lucien Lachenay (André Dussollier), famous builder of the moving sidewalk for the 1900 Universal Exhibition, saves the life of the beautiful Alice Avellano (Kristin Scott Thomas), whom her husband, who has gone mad, was trying to strangle. Lucien Lachenay is himself threatened by a group of anarchists who have instructed a young worker, Alphonse (Benno Fürmann), to suppress him. Alphonse messes up the job, but Lucien, impressed by his inexhaustible energy and thirst for knowledge, agrees to be his mentor instead of handing him over to the police. In the years that follow, Lucien, Alphonse, Alice and the young and attractive Laure (Isabelle Carré) will face the game of rivalry, betrayal and reconciliation.