A young woman convenes with her extended family in a provincial village where her cousin, in a coma, is hospitalized after attempting suicide.

Edmond is a misfit at the office. When his co-workers pull a prank giving him donkey ears, Edmond realizes his true nature: he, in fact, is a real donkey.

A gambling countess comes by a secret three card combination that wins her a fortune, but she is allowed to use it only once and not gamble again. She passes on the info twice, and the recipients both die violently. She is warned that if she passes it on again, she too will die. Many years later, a young soldier discovers that the countess has the secret, and he resolves to get it out of her.

Following the assassination of President Marc Jarry, a member of the investigation committee refuses to sign off on the committee's final findings.

Sarah, 24, brings her boyfriend Olivier, 30, home to meet her very bourgeois family who are staunch supporters of deportment, education and good manners. Alone in the bedroom, waiting for lunch to be served, Sarah performs fellatio on Olivier. They are interrupted by Sarah's parents and two brothers who have been watching the act through a two-way mirror and consider it poorly carried out.