In the short break between performances in Calais, stage actress Alix makes a quick escape to Paris. On the train she meets a mysterious English stranger and, for the most fleeting of afternoons, imagines what the future could hold down a different road.

Francis, a depressive and nostalgic thirty-something, can't get over his breakup and spends his time listening to an old French pop song that reminds him of his lost love. Forced to spend an evening Time's up with friends, Francis' obsession will test the patience of some.

Pauline, Barbara and Jessica have been friends since childhood and still live in the same odd town. They have a common plan: they want to win a lookalike contest. When Pauline decides to take her distance and write her own songs, she upsets the balance of the group.

Heartbroken, Pierre decides to holiday at a seaside hotel. Leaving work and his routine back at home, through his encounters with certain people, he realizes there's a whole new horizon of possibilities open to him. Maybe this is his chance to break out of his melancholy.

In the Forest of Spirits, three ghosts monologue all that they were unable to say while alive. Each ghost moves to the places of his memory and listens to the world of the living. The ghosts do not manage to separate themselves from life.