一位毛里塔尼亚人被选中到巴黎工作时非常高兴。为了让自己过上更好的生活，他急切地准备离开祖国。虽然他受过教育，但他很难找到工作和公寓。他认为种族不平等，因为黑人被降级为体力劳动者，而技能较低的白人则受到优待。与一位自由派白色朋友共进晚餐甚至揭示了对第三世界国家的持续殖民态度。失望的人跑到树林里，在那里他听到遥远的丛林鼓声在呼唤他从一个寒冷而冷漠的土地回家。

Four outsiders suffering from lack of affection meet up on a stretch of waste ground littered with the remains of abandoned cars. One of them, Jérôme, falls madly in love with a strange and beautiful young woman named Anne, a governess with a wealthy bourgeois family. Unable to approach the woman, Jérôme weaves a wild fantasy romance

FBI Agents Bullit and Riper investigate the murder of a young dancer called Pamela Rose, found dead in her motel room in Bornsville, a small american town. Despite their differences, they must team up: the local police is hostile and they can only count on themselves to solve the crime. They meet Ginger, Pamela's best friend, and discover soon enough she knows more than she says.