Director André Téchiné brings his usual obsessions — including a preoccupation with the fortunes of the bourgeoisie — to this episodic drama, which serves as a thinly-veiled portrait of France’s…

An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.

A group of Nazis and sympathizers board a submarine bound for South America in the hopes of finding shelter.