Three stories. A solitary sailor falls from his boat and washes ashore on a tropical island. While seeking rescue, he's found by a nearly naked woman who is playful and compliant. He decides to erase his signs of distress and remain on the island. What awaits? In the second, an adolescent searches for the words of a nursery rime he remembers bits of. His journey takes him into dreams, sexual awakening, and Oedipal fantasy. Third, a man of wealth in late-nineteenth century Paris hires a prostitute for the night. She's also cabaret performer and takes him to her room. He fears he's about to be robbed.

根据大仲马的小说《基督山伯爵》改编而成。年轻水手爱德蒙（Gérard Depardieu饰）原本是一个前程远大，生活美满的年青人，就在他即将升为船长，并和心爱姑娘成婚之际，却突然蒙受不白之冤入狱，并被判终身监禁。在监狱里度过18年暗无天日的生活后，爱德蒙偶然与法里亚神甫相遇，或许是上天的安排，爱德蒙得以借助神甫逃了出去，并根据神甫的指示在基督山岛找到了富可敌国的金银珠宝。爱德蒙回到马赛，却发现一切面目全非：父亲在饥饿中死去，未婚妻改嫁他人，陷害他的人则成为上等人过着富裕安稳的日子。改头换面后，爱德蒙以“基督山伯爵”的身份展开他的复仇计划，誓要向当初陷害他的费尔南、唐格拉尔、维尔福等人讨回他失去的一切，一个荡气回肠，引人入胜的复仇记就此展开。

在一场政变后，某北非国家反对派领导人萨迪尔前往瑞士避难。 卡萨尔上校明锐的意识到萨迪尔所面对的危险，于是和法国安全部门联系，以帮助这位流亡政治家。

tv show aired since 1997