Elise is content being the lover of Alex, a wealthy magnate who lavishes her with attention and money. When she gets religious and decides to hide from him in a French convent, Alex hires agents to bring her back.

In May 1978, the mining town of Kolwezi in Katanga, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo, the former Belgian Congo) is under attack from a group of communist guerillas coming from nearby Angola. The Europeans who work for the Belgian mining company and the Blacks who live in the town are taken as hostages by the invaders, who start a blood bath, shooting Europeans as well as Africans. Many of the Europeans being French, the French decide to organize a counter-attack, and to send a Regiment of Paratroopers from the Foreign Legion. The movie follows the stories of Delbart, a former non-commissioned officer, who was about to go back to France with his African wife and his child, Damrémont, who was Delbart's replacement, Bia, a Zairian doctor, and Annie, an American married to a Belgian engineer as well as Non com Legion officer Federico and the French Ambassador and the Military Attaché.

《艺术》讲述皮肤科大夫塞尔吉近来迷上了现代派艺术。他用二十万法郎买下了一幅著名画家的作品——一幅全白的油画。这件事在他与老朋友马克和伊万之间引发了一场出人意料的感情风暴……全剧一气呵成，雅丝米娜·雷札（Yasmina Reza）以其女性特有的细腻笔触刻画了三个男人情感的一系列微妙变化，诙谐、幽默。在表层故事之下，极具内在张力的思想穿透力，令人回味无穷。

Marc est invité par son ami Serge à venir voir sa nouvelle acquisition : Une toile d'environ un mètre soixante sur un mètre vingt peinte en blanc, avec de fins liserés blancs transversaux, que Serge vient d'acheter 200 000 francs. Atterré par cet achat, Marc s'interroge et va trouver Yvan, leur ami commun, pour lui faire part de son incompréhension à propos de ce geste. Entre les trois amis s'engage alors une discussion qui ira bien au-delà de la seule question de l'art contemporain... « Art » ( Les guillemets font partie du titre )