In a large house surrounded by vineyards a family is gathering for a Christmas
get-together that is destined to be their worst ever nightmare. Sarah,
an attractive and lively young woman, has had the bright idea of inviting
three of her former boyfriends - Xavier, Eric and Thomas - to spend the Yuletide
season with her and her chronically introverted husband Jean. Sarah's
abrupt declaration that she is pregnant doesn't go down as well as she might
have hoped, mainly because her husband knows he is sterile and therefore
incapable of fathering children. It becomes apparent that the only
way Sarah could have put herself in the family way is by sleeping with one
of her ex-boyfriends, but which one? Xavier rules himself out, insisting
that he hasn't slept with a woman for over a year. From this it follows
that the two most likely culprits are Eric and Thomas. The scene is
set for the stormiest of Christmas repasts where anything is possible -
even an immaculate conception...
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