Isabelle Adjani as well as Gerard Depardieu celebrity in supervisor Jean-Paul Rappenau's amusing farce set on the eve of The second world war, which adheres to the intersecting lives of 4 Parisians as they manage the upcoming intrusion of their city by German pressures. As the French government braces for effect, the lives of a young author, a vain flick celebrity, a French political leader as well as a young scientist are examined as they try to manage battle as well as escape German spies.