Maxime是一家小型救护车公司的老板，他因埋头工作疏忽了伴侣与孩子导致家庭危机一触即发。就在这当口，他收到母亲Olga在波尔多被拘留的消息，只得从巴黎赶往保释。
个性极强的Olga声称自己与丈夫正热战中，Maxime决意把她带回父亲身边，并借此机会在乡间度过一个远离事业责任与家庭烦恼的周末。看到年逾花甲的两位老人每天争吵不断却四十年如一日地相爱着，让Maxime感到快乐之余也让他重温家庭的感觉。
生活虽然短暂且有时并不公平，却是一粒粒美好时光的连着的珠串。更何况他们还有一位小客人…

一个奢华的娼妓，一个野心勃勃的预审法官，一个理想主义的记者。在三个不同的文化背景下，三个人有着不同的价值标准。经过一连串的事情，期间认识真理并不总是美好的，他们所验证的为了别人的爱，却演变成了谋杀。

Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), the mission doctor, theologian and philosopher who founded a hospital in the rainforests of Gabon, achieved sainthood in his lifetime, at least in the popular imagination. The critical assessment of his life and works in recent years, however, has been slightly more ambivalent. Ba Kobhio Bassek is the first director to examine this medical missionary from a purely African point-of-view.

Early 1960s Haiti during 'Papa Doc' Duvalier's dictatorship seen through the eyes of a young girl whose family has suffered heavily.

Patrick moved to France to become a renowned historian. After learning his mother is about to die, he returns to Martinique and embraces his roots.

Mok et Alilo sont cousins mais leurs vies sont complètement différentes : Mok né en France, habite Paris alors qu'Alilo est né au pays, à Alger avec les règles de la famille. Alilo arrive d'Alger à Paris pour ramener une valise au pays mais il perd l'adresse du correspondant. Ce contre-temps obligera les deux cousins à mieux se connaître et à voir leurs différences...