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With gun-toting rivals on his tail, a daring bank robber takes refuge in the quiet residential street here he grew up and where his mother, Maniette, still lives. An unscrupulous property developer, Korazy, is buying up the neighborhood to turn it into a gleaming new banking district, but to her son's disgust Maniette leads the inhabitants resistance. Her ingenious methods provoke her boy's admiration, but he fights back with sneaky traps and underhand tricks when Maniette tries to force him to do the right thing just once in his life.

Ten years after his death, the Paris Opera Ballet payed homage to the American choreographer who considered the Paris Opera as his second home after New York City Ballet. The three pieces performed here illustrate not only the diversity of the choreographer's repertoire and sources of inspiration, but also his love of music and his all-embracing attitude to the performing arts. Jerome Robbins brought new energy to classical dance, introducing 20th century urban rhythms, confirming its status as a modern entertainment form and instilling it with the interrogations of contemporary theatre.

Before tackling the ascent of urban buildings, Alain Robert was considered one of the best specialists in "climbing" cliffs. His passion nearly cost him his life in 1982 when a fall rendered him 66% disabled. At the time, the doctors were convinced that he could no longer indulge in this passion. This does not prevent him by dint of motivation and training to climb more than 170 buildings around the world to date, and to pass technical routes in solo, like here "The decomposing angel", in 1991, a legendary route in the Gorges du Verdon.