Abécédaire Gilles Deleuze

In modern-day Paris, a journalist (Kristen Scott Thomas) finds her life becoming entwined with a young girl whose family was torn apart during the notorious Vel' d'Hiv Roundup in 1942.

Gilles de Maistre's political thriller Féroce (Ferocious) is about a man seeking revenge. Arab Alain (Samy Naceri) decides to join a fascistic French political party in order to assassinate the leader, Legle (Jean-Marc Thibault). Alain comes to this decision when his girlfriend's brother is murdered after he had defaced some of the party's paraphernalia. To improve the party's public stance on immigrants, Alain is hired as a security guard. Legle's daughter is attracted to Alain, who is tempted enough by the girl to abandon some of his religious convictions.

This historical re-enactment of the victory of Canadian farmers over British troops in 1837 serves as a foreshadowing of the French speaking nationalist movement in Quebec during the late 1960s. A young woman and her boyfriend return to witness the conflict, which was a response to the police action by the British. The two watch the historical recreation and discuss the historic parallels between the past and the current revolutionary separatist movement.

A blood-stained woman is arrested in front of a palatial home in a wealthy part of Montreal. She has just fired a hunting rifle at the house. Suffering from shock, she retreats into obstinate muteness. That night, the police discover her husband’s body in the house. An investigator reconstructs the sequent of events…

Julia Jarmond, journaliste américaine installée en France depuis 20 ans, enquête sur l’épisode douloureux du Vél’d’Hiv. En remontant les faits, son chemin croise celui de Sarah, une petite fille qui avait 10 ans en juillet 1942. Pour Julia, ce qui n’était que le sujet d’un article devient alors un enjeu personnel, dévoilant un mystère familial. Comment deux destins, à 60 ans de distance, vont-ils se mêler pour révéler un secret qui bouleversera à jamais la vie de Julia et de ses proches ? La vérité issue du passé a parfois un prix dans le présent…