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- A French woman and her young daughter open up a chocolate shop in a small remote village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community.
- The Brothers Grimm arrive at the home of a wealthy Grande Dame who speaks of the many legends surrounding the fable of the cinder girl before telling the "true" story of her ancestor.
- France, 1801. Due to a minor perceived slight, mild-mannered Lieutenant d'Hubert is forced into a duel with hot-headed irrational Lieutenant Feraud. The disagreement ultimately results in scores of duels spanning several years.
- France, 1654: D'Artagnan's girl grows up in a convent. When the mother superior is murdered, Eloïse suspects a plan to murder the king and hopes to prevent this and revenge the murder by finding her father and the 3 musketeers.
- After years of research, the doctor finally succeeds in creating the perfect woman, who gets the name "Eva".
- Alexander Dumas' novel is updated with an eastern influence as D'Artagnan attempts to join the king's elite guards, the Royal Musketeers, and find the man who killed his parents.
- Colinot is a young, happy man, until the day three highway robbers abduct his fiancee. The search for her leads him to meet so many young, pretty, sexy girls - that when he finally encounters his fiancee, he is no longer sure he loves her.
- The story of the fall of the world's most glorious monarchy.
- Under the Regency of Philippe d'Orleans, Cartouche sees his bride murdered by La Reynie, the future chief of police. Eight years later, Cartouche has become a Robin-Hood-like character loved by the people and a cause of concern to the powerful. Along with his entourage (La Guigne, Timour, Isabelle and the Marquis), he becomes a legend by distributing to the poor part of the booty taken from the nobility. One day he attacks the leutenant-general of police, Minister d'Argenson, then the Regent himself, who vows to make him pay. Meanwhile, Juliette, the fiancee of d'Argenson and the sister of La Reynie, sees the good work of Cartouche and starts to help him secretly. Loosely based on the life of Louis Dominique Garthausen (1693 - 1721), also known as Cartouche, an eighteenth century French highwayman who reportedly stole from the rich and gave to the poor in and around Paris.
- In France in 1942. Blanche and Virgile live in the free zone and use a boat to help a local network of resistance fighters and refugees. One day the couple propose to take in Sarah, a Jewish child who is impatiently awaiting her parents
- Suicidal Françoise Sorel wants to be buried in Castelnac, the village she was born in Périgord. Her daughter Lola, discovers she doesn't know anything about her parents and their past life. She spends a few days in Castelnac. A man, an ex-friend of her father's, is murdered and Lola is the main suspect...
- The Prince of Gonzague kills the Duke of Nevers and tries to marry his widow, Aurore de Nevers, so he can get his hand on his fortune. The Chevalier Lagardère takes the child Irène de Nevers with him to Spain only to return disguised as a hunchback years later to unmask the Prince for the villain he is.
- An affluent ex-public school boy splits up with his troubled alcoholic fiance just before a prenuptial trip to his uncles chateau in the South of France where he meets a charismatic french waitress en-route.
- On July 14th 1789, the people of Paris and the newly formed National Guard resist the royal troops, forcing the King to surrender and renounce his absolute power. In November 1790, France is on the brink of a civil. The people are stunned when the King and the royal family are arrested and the monarchy itself is called into question. A few months later, in June 1791, when Parisian families come to demonstrate, the National Guard open fire on the crowd. It is the turning point of the Revolution.
- After the Battle of Valmy, in September 1792, the National Convention officially abolishes the monarchy. Along with the majority of deputies, Robespierre, Danton and Marat vote for the death of King Louis XVI. The news of his execution echoes throughout Europe. A revolutionary tribunal is set up and becomes the driver of the Reign of Terror. The Revolution would gradually crush all its heroes. Robespierre and many others end up on the gallows. By July 1794, the political life returns to normal.
- Sarlat, in south-west France, was the site of violent peasant revolts in the 17th Century. Now, the son of the region's largest manufacturer of preserved foods has been murdered in a ritual recalling those historical events.