January 1649: Since the death of his father, the young Louis XIV must undergo the hard apprenticeship of royal power. He must face the intrigues of the great ones of the kingdom who lead La Fronde, the agreements and the betrayals of those close to him. He is helped in this by his mother Anne of Austria and by the Cardinal Mazarin.

After ratting out his Mafia cohorts, Giovanni Manzoni and his family enter the Witness Protection Program and relocate to a sleepy town in France. Despite the best efforts of their handler to keep them in line, Giovanni (now called Fred Blake), his wife and children can't help but resort to doing things the "family" way. However, their dependence on such old habits places everyone in danger from vengeful mobsters.

她复活了一项19世纪的传统：为人提供朗诵服务。瘫痪少年、瞎眼遗孀、离异商人、退休法官和缺少母爱的幼女，都是她的客户。他们不能或者不愿意自己看书，只用耳朵听。她为他们读托尔斯泰、莫泊桑，也读波德莱尔和杜拉斯，读《爱丽丝漫游仙境》，也读《所多玛120天》，甚至包括马克思、高尔基和列宁。她时而是现实中的康斯坦丝，时而是虚构人物玛丽。她马不停蹄地填补着别人生命中的破洞，简直又是80年……

Realistic biography of the famous french painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. This time, the focus is not on his work or his life at the Moulin Rouge (like in the John Huston's movie of the same title) but on the life of Lautrec himself, espacially his love relation with his model Suzanne (played with great talent by the marvelous Elza Zylberstein). Like in Minnelli's Van Gogh biography (Lust for life, 1957), movie director Planchon makes painting with the camera, especially in the firt hour. The times and the soul of the period (end of the XIXe century) is well respected. Beautiful movie!