In the beautiful family home at the end of the summer Monique celebrates her 70th birthday surrounded by her 4 children all of whom have come for the occasion There is JeanPierre the elder who took on the role of head of the family after the death of his father Juliette pregnant with her first child at 40 and who still dreams of becoming a writer Margaux the familys radical artist and Mathieu 30 anxious to seduce pretty Sarah Later one day one of them will make a lifechanging decision