Luc Bromagne

As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another's pain, their game might be a way to avoid the fact that they are truly meant for one another.

Bruno loved his job as a middle manager at a paper company, but optimistically views being laid off as an opportunity. After two years of searching for a comparable position, optimism turns to desperation. His wife works two jobs, and their marriage slowly deteriorates as their hold on the middle class slips away. Bruno concocts a grimly audacious plan to identify and kill his fellow job applicants so that he is the only qualified person left.

Antoine, 25, has quit his job. His family has always treated him like the idiot of the family. That's why he pretends to still be employed, afraid that they will make fun of him. When he learns that his younger brother has received a new car from his employer, Antoine wakes up. He too wants to be appreciated. He throws himself headlong into the search for a job that will impress his father. But, realizing that it's not that easy, Antoine goes from one lie to another...

After her parents' death, a young woman moves in with her unsophisticated country relatives with unfortunate results.