A few days before Christmas, traveling entertainer Marc Stevens is stuck at nightfall in a remote wood in the swampy Hautes Fagnes region of Liège when his van breaks down. An odd chap who's looking for a lost dog then leads Marc to a shuttered inn.

Jean V., a forty-year-old bailiff, practises his profession with talent, but without humanity. He is married to Nicole, a 35-year-old consumer in crisis. Jean regularly calls on the services of George, a chronic debtor and folkloric character, who helps him with his "little tricks". Incidentally, George restores Nicole's taste for buying. One day, Jean meets Eddy, a policeman who accompanies him on his round of seizures. But a dispute between them escalates out of all proportion. Pushed to the limit, Jean decides to work with George on a dark plot to teach the cop a lesson.

A mystic road movie and tells the story of il signore Peccato, an architect in the Middle Ages, and his long journey through the world of sin.

Mlle Lara has trouble with men, so for her birthday she plans something special in pursuit of a wonderful love.

The pendulum swings from left to right punctuating the well-oiled mechanics of the routine life of Mrs. Foucault and her submissive husband. But one day, someone is going to barge in on them and break this daily rhythm.