Adapté de la pièce de théâtre éponyme de Jean-Luc Lagarce, le film raconte l’après-midi en famille d’un jeune auteur qui, après 12 ans d’absence, retourne dans son village natal afin d’annoncer aux siens sa mort prochaine.

Three young roommates get together at lunchtime, each with their own problems. At the table, however, the closure and lack of dialogue leads them to talk about trivial things, and then take their leave and retire to their rooms in solitude.

Greta's parents have decided that the three of them are going back to their hometown. Greta has to tell them that she won't return with them.