An innocent introductory French course called la Muerte teaches vocabulary, by describing a typical farm until the farmer disappears.

An Algerian university professor and former prisoner of France struggles with the symbolic implications of getting advice from an elite French visiting professor.

An unassuming American soldier develops a relationship with young woman while he studies art at the Academie in France in the 1950s. He knows nothing of her past he eventually learns more about her past.

A woman’s desperate desire for love in Paris leads to her some dark places.

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.

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.

M. Alexandre Caisse gathers an assembly of building residents to air their grievances, discuss recent intrusions, commiserate over the deterioration of their building and their culture, and generally fill the room with strong opinions.

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

A Frenchman tells the story of his escape from the Germans and how he believes the French have lost, not because of the battle, but because they have lost the French women and the French spirit.

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.