Just as he is about to begin shooting his new film, Hervé
becomes mesmerised by his infant son's first attempts at walking.
His partner Gwen seizes the opportunity to bring him back down to
Earth. Either he carries on his solitary life as a pathetic
purveyor of pornographic movies, or he faces up to his responsibilities
as a father and becomes a conventional filmmaker. Without any
apparent qualms, Hervé jettisons his current project and begins
to make an improvised documentary about fatherhood. Armed with
his trusty camera, he sets out to grill his nearest and dearest to
discover what makes a good father...
From its birth in 1895, cinema has been an essential part of French culture. Now it is one of the most dynamic, versatile and important of the arts in France.
Science-fiction came into its own in B-movies of the 1950s, but it remains a respected and popular genre, bursting into the mainstream in the late 1970s.