A movie director goes to the Paris Opera to shoot his new film. Lacking inspiration, he looks for ways out of his solitude and fear of failure. With each step forward, his imagination reveals itself to him, and mysterious characters lead him towards his desire to create and love.

Unassertive Neila works at a local fast food joint in the Paris suburb where she's from. One day, she meets another black woman her age named. Championne: delivery girl by day and dominatrix by night. Drawn by the lure of thrills and easy money, Neila follows her into a world that will change her life forever.

After his crew breaks up, a gifted but insecure hip-hop dancer teaches at a top ballet school in Paris, where he falls for an aspiring ballerina.

A Victorian story about life, death and everything in between.

A passionate love story set against a backdrop of sexual freedom, loosely based on the relationship between 19th century authors Pierre Louÿs and Marie de Régnier.

Chocolat the clown, the first black stage performer in France, goes from anonymity to fame after forming an unprecedented duo with fellow performer Footit in the very popular in Belle Epoque Paris. But easy money, gambling, and discrimination take their toll on their friendship and Chocolat's career.

A ballet dancer is late for an audition for a show inspired by Plato's Allegory of the Cave. She arrives with her seven-year-old son, Jay, and begs the director to give her a chance.

Anne, 58, hosts a radio literary show and leads a quiet, well-established family life. Yet one day, she violently attacks the young woman who offers her a seat on the subway.