In una lite al parco, un ragazzino di 11 anni colpisce un coetaneo al volto con un bastone. I genitori, due coppie di Brooklyn, decidono di incontrarsi per discutere del fatto e risolvere la cosa da persone civili. Gli iniziali convenevoli si trasformano in battibecchi velenosi e il comportamento delle due coppie degenera in situazioni assurde e ridicole.

Pilar is a Spanish widow who has raised her three daughters in France. In love with Fernand, the manager of the building in which she lives, she organizes a lunch in her home with the intention of introducing him to the rest of the family. The reunion goes wildly wrong and the family's craziness overtakes.

The story takes place in Haifa, Israel, in 1979, during three days before the Shabbat. A young woman trying to raise three children, work from home, and observe the strict Moroccan traditions of her family finds herself at constant odds with her husband and her brothers, who want her to stay married and leave behind the notions of being loved and free.