At the age of 40, Stéphanie is forced to move back in with her mother. She is welcomed with open arms: the joys of an overheated flat, Francis Cabrel on a loop, frenzied games of Scrabble and her mother’s precious advice on how to behave at the table and lead her life. Each of them has to be infinitely patient to cope with this new life together. And when the rest of the siblings turn up for dinner, score-settling and family secrets are about to be unleashed. But there are some explosions that are salutary.