Francis Lai

Beginning in 1936, the film traces the lives of four families across three continents and five decades through the turbulent years following World War II up to the '80s highlighting the music and dance that is central to the lives of all the characters.

American gangster Jimmy Cobb is on the lam in France with millions in stolen cash. The air and ground are swarming with police and Cobb's old partners in crime, uniting for one purpose, to kill Cobb and take the loot. His only refuge is a seemingly innocent farm in the rural Beauce region. The situation reaches a boiling point as two farmers hatch a sinister plan to bargain for Cobb's life, and each wants a distinctly different form of payment.