This is another story of the film noir, through its darkest, most repulsive, most pathetic, and most symbolic characters...

The film noir hosts six (bad) guys: the femme fatale, the predator, the corrupt one, the thief, the prisoner and the private investigator…These six same types of characters transcend the period.

Six film directors of the genre share their story about the typical character. Six film directors who had a try at the genre present and introduce an archetype per episode. How did Frédéric Schoendoerffer, Anne Fontaine, Denis Amar, Olivier Marchal, Yves Boisset or Xavier Durringer approach this character, and why? An archetype per movie. A film director per movie. Altogether six movies.