In France, before WWI. As every Sunday, an old painter living in the country is visited by his son Gonzague, coming with his wife and his three children. Then his daugther Irene arrives. She is always in a hurry, she lives alone and does not come so often... An intimist chronicle in which what is not shown, what is guessed, is more important than how it looks, dealing with what each character expects of life.

In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even the crude spectacle of death, the rare case of a dying woman becomes the morbid theme of a revolutionary reality show, broadcast through the curious eyes of a peculiar camera.

With the ambition to start a boutique overseas but without the means to do so, Nathalie finds herself in a desperate situation, where she would do anything to acquire what she needs. Along with her boyfriend, Eric, and his friend Bruno, she concocts a plan where she seduces clueless men and accompanies them to their places, then allows Eric and Bruno to break in. But the three soon encounter trouble after one of their schemes ends in murder.

Set in the high courts of 16th Century France, where the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants are raging. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, is in love with Henri de Guise, but her hand in marriage is promised to the Prince of Montpensier.

亚历山大·达亚尔·德·渥姆斯高大英俊，是一位很受女性欢迎喜爱、充满魅力的男子，捎带着他也是启蒙运动之国-法国的外交部长。他有着银色浓密的鬓发、运动员般的体魄、略为黝黑的肤色，从纽约联合国的讲台到中非战争一触即发的乌邦加地区，他的身影无处不在。在这些地方，他责问当权者、恳求伟人们，以带来和平、让那些好战者的神经平静下来，这些都证明了他头上那诺贝尔宇宙和平奖的光环。亚历山大·达亚尔·德·渥姆斯有着强大及随时准备战斗的头脑，遵从外交手段的圣三一原则：合法、明智及效率。他与新保守主义的美国人、腐败的俄国人及贪婪的中国人周旋。尽管世界配不上法国精神的伟大，但法国的精神艺术却感到被紧紧封闭在自己国内。年轻的法国国家行政学院毕业生亚瑟·弗拉曼克受聘外交部，负责外交部长的“发言”。就是说，他要为外交部长的讲话撰写发言稿！但他是否还需学会小心谨慎地写作及处理与部长周围工作人员的关系，在办公室主任与各位在外交部转来转去的顾问之间找到自己的位置，在这里，压力、野心和肮脏的把戏屡见不鲜......他在这里瞥见世界的命运，然而却也受到高级专家官员们官僚惰性的威胁。[by.沪江法语] Quai d'Orsay，这里用了时光网的翻译，作《奥赛站台》，其实是巴黎沿着塞纳河的一条路名，中文直译为：奥赛河岸。法国外交部位于这条路上，因而常指法国外交部。

1981 film by Bertrand Tavernier

1986 film by Bertrand Tavernier

编剧兼导演贝特朗•塔维涅是一个货真价实的讽刺电影大家之一。他的经验是广博的, 他的知识是浩繁的, 他的爱是无穷无尽的, 他的视野唯有马丁•斯科塞斯能相与匹敌。这部史诗般壮丽的纪录片一直在制作。贝特朗•塔维涅对本地的影院十分了解, 从巨擘雷诺尔、戈达尔和梅尔维尔到如今被忽视 和遗忘的艾德蒙•格里维和盖伊·吉尔, 他的观察和回忆极具穿透性而且极具个人特色。
Writer-director Bertrand Tavernier is truly one of the grand auteurs of the movies. His experience is vast, his knowledge is voluminous, his love is inexhaustible and his perspective is matched only by that of Martin Scorsese. This magnificent, epic documentary has been a lifetime in the making. Tavernier knows his native cinema inside and out, from the giants like Renoir, Godard, and Melville (for whom he worked as an assistant) to now overlooked and forgotten figures like Edmund T. Gréville and Guy Gilles, and his observations and reminiscences are never less than penetrating and always deeply personal.