Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can't bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well.

A strait-laced French student moves into an apartment in Barcelona with a cast of six other characters from all over Europe. Together, they speak the international language of love and friendship.

《迫害》讲述了一个名叫丹尼尔的35岁男子，成天忙于工作。但如此繁忙的日子并没有让他感到充实，相反，他依然感到十分孤独。他有一个于之并不登对的女人索妮娜，两人总是分分合合，可当有一天一个陌生男人突然出现在他的公寓、索妮娜提出要离开他时，丹尼尔才感到了问题的严重性。他不知道这个男子是谁，与索妮娜究竟是什么关系，但他自己糟糕透顶的生活状况，也确实无法给任何人带来安全感，于是只能被动地生存下去。

A ruthless real estate agent discovers a passion for piano and auditions with help from a young virtuoso, but the pressures of his corrupt career threaten to derail his musical aspirations.

突发的心脏病让舞蹈演员皮埃尔（罗曼·杜里斯 Romain Duris 饰）不得不离开了热爱的舞台，除了失业所带来的沉重打击外，他的生命安全还时时受到病魔的威胁。爱丽丝（朱丽叶·比诺什 Juliette Binoche 饰）是皮埃尔的姐姐，为了成为一名合格的单身母亲，她不惜屡屡拒绝来自他人的求爱，即使对方是令她动心的好男人。
巴黎，一座繁华而又落寞的城市，除了皮埃尔和爱丽丝，每分每秒，还有无数的人们在那里找到和遗失自己的希望和梦想。苦苦暗恋自己学生的教授，突然陷入中年危机的建筑师，甚至是整天絮絮叨叨的老板娘，每一个人都曾经有过一段五味俱全的传奇故事。当这些故事在这座城市里发生交汇的时候，他们开始相信，幸福终将在某一天敲响自己的房门。

After a love affair ends badly, a young Parisian named Paul sinks into the same kind of deep depression that led his sister to kill herself. He moves back home with his father and aimless brother Jonathan but refuses to get out of bed.

Five years after their summer together in Barcelona, Xavier, William, Wendy, Martine and Isabelle reunite.