Clémentine and Sébastien are a young couple who have allowed
themselves to become ground down by the tedious routine of work and family.
Still, even that is preferable to the nightmare that ensues when Sébastien's
mother Marie-France turns up and decides to move in with them. It seems
that Sébastien's father Henri has been cheating on his wife, with
the result that his younger mistress is now pregnant with his child.
Incensed by this turn of events, Marie-France behaves like an unruly teenager,
bringing chaos and frayed nerves aplenty to her adopted household.
Clémentine and Sébastien are at a complete loss as to what
to do - just how do you deal with an adolescent sixty-year-old? Henri's
belated paternity and the emotional upheaval that comes with it seem to signal
some kind of generational switch. Now it is time for the children to
tell their parents how to live their lives - not that it will do them much
good...
From its birth in 1895, cinema has been an essential part of French culture. Now it is one of the most dynamic, versatile and important of the arts in France.