In this mainstream French comedy, a television writer creates a hit series based on the experiences of her housekeeper. The writer Nathalie does this in desperation as she has a deadline and is utterly blocked. She goes to Petlet and begins transcribing her memories of the lively goings on in her rural home village. Each memory is an episode in itself, and the show becomes a smash hit, but when Petlet realizes that her boss has been cashing on her life stories and taking all the credit, she gets angry and quits leaving Nathalie with no maid and no one to watch her children. Later Petlet's adult children demand that their mother return to demand credit and a piece of the action. But Petlet remains undecided.

Madame Petlet's True Story

Ten young people ( boys and girls) at the age at which all is possible. They meet, they love, they choose. The film comes and goes between all those people, revealing their anguish, their dreams, depicting the portrait of a generation of the '90s which has both the fury and the fear of life.

The Age of Potential

Justine ve Richard'ın on beş yıllık ilişkisi ayrılık ve Justine'in üç oğlunun velayetini almasıyla sona erer. Justine'in yeni hayatı, bekar bir anne olmaya çalışmak anlamına gelir. Aynı zamanda kendi anne babasının boşanmasıyla da barışmaya çalışır ve annesiyle ortak bir bağ bulur. Ünlü bir yazar olan Richard ise, tüm dikkatini yazılarına ayırır. Her ikisi de, evliliklerinin çökmesine neyin yol açtığını düşünürken, belirsiz gelecekleriyle yüzleşmek zorunda kalırlar.