因為自己的小孩在外起了衝突,兩對父母要出面為此道歉和解。原本只要以「文明人」那套虛假敷衍的客套便可握手言和,沒想到雙方卻話不投機,針鋒相對的冷嘲熱諷讓衝突越演越烈,一場「和平會談」竟演變成炮火四射的控訴大會。最後,被戳破虛假表面的兩方人馬要如何自圓其說?到頭來,大人還是小朋友瘋狂多了。
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.
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.