Danielle Bernadette Lafont a grandmother in her sixties is planning to take her two grandchildren to their fathers house for the Easter vacation Since retiring as a schoolteacher Danielle has regularly taken on this responsibility after her daughters divorce This time however the childrens father is not there to welcome them giving Danielle the opportunity to spend a bit more time with her grandchildren and to take them out for the day Jumping at every opportunity presented to them Danielle soon transforms this dayouting into an impromptu holiday Only what starts out as a fun adventure gradually turns into an inexorable deconstructing experience and it soon becomes impossible for Danielle to contemplate taking the kids back