A young woman arrives in Paris where she finds a job as a waitress in bar next on Avenue Montaigne that caters to the surrounding theaters and the wealthy inhabitants of the area. She will meet a pianist, a famous actress and a great art collector, and become acquainted with the "luxurious" world her grandmother has told her about since her childhood.

Francis, the boss of a small plumbing supply company, is harassed by tax collectors, striking employees...

Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble...

A successful artist, weary of Parisian life and on the verge of divorce, returns to the country to live in his childhood house...

"A poet. A thief. Two strangers with nothing in common are about to trade their lives for a chance to cheat their destinies." At a deserted train station, a teacher and a gangster meet and realize that each might have been better suited to the other man's way of life...

Rene (P. Noiret) is a "ripou", a rotten cop who makes ends meet by accepting bribes, presents and free...

Guillaume (Louis de Funes) has made it: A machine who can clean dirty air by simply sucking all dirt...

"No man. No job. No cat." Chloe, a young woman, is going on holidays. She entrusts her beloved cat to Madame Renée's care. But...

Georges has Down syndrome, living at a mental-institution, Harry is a busy businessman, giving lectures for young aspiring salesmen...

Each week, Pierre and his friends organize what is called as "un dîner de cons". Everyone brings the dumbest guy he could find as a guest...

A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.