A poor miller gets tricked by the Devil and accidentally sells his daughter for a bit of gold. But Satan can't take her because she's too pure and has wept on her hands. So Satan orders the miller to cut her hands off. It's the beginning of the young girl's journey towards freedom.

The mayor of Lyon, Paul Théraneau, is in a delicate position. After 30 years in politics, he is running out of ideas and is faced with a feeling of existential emptiness. To overcome this, Paul hires a young and brilliant philosopher, Alice Heimann. Then follows a dialogue between two diametrically opposed personalities who will turn their certainties upside down.

2010 film by Rebecca Zlotowski

2014 film directed by François Ozon

23歲的茱莉以優異的成績畢業，之後一直都只是做一些閒散的工作。她再也受不了，決定找一份真正的工作。在一次見工期間，她遇見了保羅。保羅只想靠自己的小聰明過活，只想活一天算一天。他慫恿茱莉與他一同到南部渡暑假。但遭茱莉拒絕，然後有日，在一時衝動下她放下一切去南部會他。
本片以令人恐懼的手法描寫年輕人如何面對經濟的不景氣。《有情飲水飽》屬於法國實驗電影中的自然主義類別，這類電影擅長於捕捉片中人物的情緒。導演伊莎貝薩爾卡以客觀的角度描寫企業世界中的人際關係，細膩地描寫了一個充滿理想的活潑年輕人每日所需要面對的妥協和屈辱。
Julie Bataille, 23 years old, an A+ graduate, lots of casual work. She’s had enough. She’s looking for a real job. During a job interview, she crosses paths with Ben. He’s decided to live from day to day on his wits and petty crime. He proposes that she come and spend the summer with him in the south. Julie refuses, then, one day, on an impulse, she dumps everything and heads away to join him.
A dreadful portrait of a youth confronted with the economic crisis, Living on Love Alone is part of the naturalist movement in the French experimental cinema that excels at capturing the moods of its characters. Through a clinical description of human relationship in the corporate world, Isabelle Czajka finely introduces the compromises and daily humiliations a peppy young idealist has to put up with..

布里奇特（伊莎贝尔·于佩尔 Isabelle Huppert 饰）和泽维尔（让-皮埃尔·达鲁森 Jean-Pierre Darroussin 饰）结婚多年，婚姻生活中的激情和新鲜感早已经荡然无存，剩下来的，是经过了时间沉淀后的那一份恬淡与默契。在内心里，布里奇特依然向往着充满了活力与激情的生活，然而，丈夫和她的想法显然大相径庭，泽维尔只想老老实实的将夫妻两人共同经营的农场维护好，仅此而已。
年岁的渐长，孩子的成家立业让布里奇特躁动的内心越来越无法按捺，终于，她下定了决心，决定离开丈夫，离开农场，前往繁华的大都市巴黎，在那里寻找全新的人生意义。面对这妻子的决绝离开，泽维尔内心里充满了不安。

In the wake of her mother's tragic death, French teenager Junie transfers to a different high school. Though Junie lives mostly inside her own head, her beauty and stoicism win her the attention of the entire male student population. Junie begins dating the gentle Otto Cleves, but finds herself intensely drawn to her youthful Italian language teacher, Nemours. When Nemours begins to reciprocate, serious complications ensue.