Nathalie is together with Antoine, who really loves her, despite of her obvious tendency go get away from him. Eric, the former partner of Nathalie, does not want to be with her anymore, but she can not accept this. In her dispair she tortures herself, Antoine, and Eric. She even suggests Eric to get married. However, she must accept that things are as they are, even if you don't like it, and finally tries to get back to Antoine.

The unhappy love lives of Paul and Marcus, two artists and friends who are neither particularly young nor successful anymore.

For those who were young, living under the delusions of love and soft drugs in Paris, May 1968 - even if the guitar is still playing, they can't hear it any longer.

A celebrity is caught by her husband with a young lover.

青年导演弗朗西斯•麦格（Mehdi Belhaj Kacem 饰）计划拍一部反毒电影，影片讲述了一个女子沉溺于都因无法自拔，最终走向毁灭的故事。他在路上偶然邂逅学习表演的女孩露茜（Julia Faure 朱丽娅•福雷 饰），两人一见钟情，弗朗西斯更决定启用露茜出演片中的女主角。
然而影片的融资出现问题。连续几个制片人都因各种理由退回剧本，令弗朗西斯备受打击。终于有人同意投资拍摄，但讽刺的是，投资人却提出让弗朗西斯帮助运送毒品……
本片荣获2001年威尼斯电影节评审团大奖。