Andranic Manet

Etienne, a serious and impressionable shaggy-haired young cinephile, leaves behind his steady girlfriend (Diane Rouxel) in Lyon to study film in Paris. Settling into a dingy flat with a rotating cast of roommates, he immerses himself in a bohemian world of artists, intellectuals, and fellow film geeks who excitedly share their passion for Bresson, Ford, and obscure Russian directors.

A graphic designer who missed her chance at art school struggles to make ends meet in Paris while drifting between a number of different lovers.

The French government asks Gustave Eiffel to make a grand design for the 1889 Paris World Fair. Inspired by love, he creates a masterpiece.