Untitled Stella Velon Project

An ordinary mans extraordinary struggles to get divorce from his first wife who happens to be a dog.

The frustration and vital weariness of Michel des Assantes, a prestigious plastic surgeon in Paris, is unbearable: he has a wife whom he does not love, a son who is foreign to him and friends whom he despises but, at the same time, he is incapable of taking his own life. One day, he buys a bike from a bizarre cyclist who was to make the Paris-Timbuktu route and sets out to make the journey: then, Timbuktu becomes for him the Promised Land.

"Mistress" is a successful dominatrix with a loyal clientele - and a big problem. She is losing her mean streak. This is very upsetting for her dedicated slave "Boy", who relishes her abusive treatment. Mistress is in a terrible state. She's not only discovering tender feelings for lowly Boy, but she's been hired by a religious cult to train their troupe of self-flagellants for the "aerobics" portion of their new TV show.

Agnes Jaoui plays a local political candidate Agathe Villanova, who returns to her childhood home in the south of France in order to help her sister Florence (Pascale Arbillot) sort through their recently deceased mother's belongings. While she's there, the son (Jamel Debbouze as Karim) of family maid (Mimouna Hadji) takes advantage of her presence and attempts to interview her as part of a documentary about successful women that he's undertaken with his film school teacher, Michel (co-writer Jean-Pierre Bacri). However, Michel's intentions aren't quite what they seem, as he's having an affair with Florence and hoping to persuade her to leave her husband. Meanwhile, Karim finds his own marriage threatened when his attractive hotel co-worker (Florence Loiret-Caille) declares an interest in him.

Turkey's northwest has suffered a devastating earthquake on August 17th, 1999. The government is in need of lots of money to compensate the cost of recovering from this catastrophe.

Alberto wants to have a relationship with Carmen, but her parents oppose it because he has a bad reputation. Alberto searches for a way to clear his name so he can marry Carmen.