In the course of a family meal, Cédric - a thirty-something who still
lives with his parents - learns that his sister is pregnant. Everyone
else is delighted by this news but he is filled with resentment and his bitterness
soon turns to rage. Himself a victim of prejudice, Cédric
does his best to sour the atmosphere, goaded by paranoia and a deep-seated
sense of injustice. How can the family regain its equilibrium in the
face of such a fierce onslaught...?
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
At the time of the Nazi Occupation of France during WWII, the German-run company Continental produced some of the finest films made in France in the 1940s.