André Pomarat

Cette histoire se présente sous la forme du journal d'une enquête menée par le Commissaire Dullac, policier d'origine parisienne parachuté à Strasbourg, dans le quartier pittoresque de la "petite France", sur les bords de l'Ill. Une nuit, une vieille femme découvre dans les eaux de cette rivière le cadavre d'une jeune femme qui, le temps de l'arrivée de la police, disparaît pour être retrouvé dans l'atelier du célèbre relieur d'art de la ville : Wotan Grun. Or, il se trouve que la victime est justement la maîtresse du fils aîné de la maison. Dullac va donc tenter d'élucider les causes de l'assassinat, qui parait sans fondements auprès de tous les membres de la famille et de leur entourage. Les recherches vont tout d'abord piétiner face au mur de respectabilité qui entoure les protagonistes de l'affaire

In this gentle comedy, Mado (Marianne Groves) is the letter-carrier for her small town, and she is constantly on the lookout for a good Catholic man who shares her enthusiasm for sunrises. She even puts up posters on trees and walls advertising her interest. The townspeople make fun of her, but she isn't discouraged. Her best friend is Germaine (Isabelle Gelinas), a pretty girl whose moral standards are not as strict as Mado's. When a film director (Oleg Yankovsky) arrives in town, everyone is agog, but Mado is particularly keen to find out about him. However, it seems that he has his eye on Germaine, and he isn't really in her league anyhow.

Gédéon, the Count of Niedeck's gamekeeper, visits Dr. François to invite him to the chateau. He explains that his master has suddenly gone mad during a change of moon. En route, the two men meet a strange old woman who lives in the woods. Gédéon explains to the doctor that whenever this woman prowls around, the Count is plagued by dementia. Once there, the doctor treats the Count and calms him down. The Count has a daughter, Odile, whom he clearly hates. One evening, a mysterious traveler arrives.

On a night with a full moon and a storm, Laure, still a child, is awakened by the tears of a young woman who has entered her room. At first intrigued, the child approaches the stranger then snuggles into her arms. Suddenly, a scream tears through the night. The housekeeper rushes into Laure's room, collapsed. The strange creature has fainted while drops of blood flow down the child's neck... The years have passed. One autumn evening, a group of travelers whose sedan was in an accident entrusted to the baron, Laure's father, a strangely beautiful young girl. Her name is Carmilla...