Cap Tourmente

Solange, Michèle and Fanny, very different, are united by the same combat: a strike by the chambermaids of a hotel, which appears to be a losing battle. By changing their lives and their principles, this combat will bring them out of their solitude and at last make them visible.

In Douala, in a poor district in the city, the everyday life of Pierrette, a seamstress who takes care of her two children and invalid mother alone. Bravely determined and discrete, she is used to getting by from day-to-day but never gives up.

France, 2030. The Covid epidemics have barely come to an end when a new strain of the plague, called YP2, is discovered in a town in the South. It is powerful. As there is no treatment, the government decides as a matter of urgency to lock down the area and implement the mysterious "Plan D".

After losing her husband and baby during World War I, Louise decides to devote her life to caring for the children of others as nanny and governess. Many years later, thanks to one of these children, she meets up again with all the children she raised over a Christmas meal.

Max, a committed and persistent landscaper, has been working on a wild garden project in an impoverished district in Marseille. After years of refusal, his proposal reaches the final of an architecture contest.

Turner, a black American soldier, meets Miriam, a white French woman, during a three-day pass in Paris. They decide to spend the weekend together in a hotel in Normandy but are confronted with racial prejudice.

After a drunken party, Christian drives his colleague Manuela home and sexually assaults her. Nevertheless, they continue to work together. Ten years later, Christian, who has become company chairman, is faced with several rape accusations. Will Manuela, who has risen to partner level, speak out in turn?

Sixteen-year-old Fanny dreams of adventure and becoming free from her parents. She meets Damien, an apparently successful singer. He very quickly introduces her to the world of strip clubs and leads her into prostitution. Manipulated, trapped, Fanny is out of her depth and keeps running away.

One night, Gaby, a cleaner employed in a building that houses a law firm, is assaulted by one of the lawyers. When her colleague Macha comes to her rescue, the two women begin planning their revenge.

Madagascar, today. Kwame tries to earn a living in the clandestine sapphire mines. But he is forced to return to his hometown. Confronted with the corruption plaguing his country, he has to choose between easy money and brotherhood, individualism and awakening of a political conscience.