An American woman and man visiting France criticize the French people and culture, revealing their ignorance and disregard even as they delight in the fun their unusual group of friends is having.

Two American friends escape their vacation in Paris to the French countryside, enjoying a day of fresh air until a Russian waiter and an Austrian remind them of the horrors of war.

On a vacation in France with his wife and family, Reynolds reminisces about the trip he and his wife took to Mont-Saint Michel decades ago, despairing at the bigger and faster pace of the town and the beauty and culture that seems to have been lost since then.

A young girl tries to connect to a mysterious, sullen Frenchman whose only love seems to be his ship.

The son of a divorced couple spends a lovely vacation with his father in France and tries to navigate the love he feels for both of his parents, as well as the animosity they feel for each other.

When a young man graduates college and inherits money from his grandfather, he decides to move to France for a year, hoping to feel more at home than he ever did in Chicago.

A U.S. Foreign Service officer returns home to Paris and expects to pick things up with his on-and-off again girlfriend after a long assignment overseas. Instead, he finds that she has moved on, possibly for good.

A trio of two Europeans and one American, embark on a casual trip to the Italian countryside that becomes engrossed in contemplating what it means to be American.

An American family visits Paris in hopes of understanding their difficult pre-teenage daughter. But when their daughter is severely injured after sneaking out at night, the courses of all their relationships change.

An American man on a train in France encounters a peasant man and his family who try to speak to him despite the fact that French is not his first language.