加布里埃尔(帕拉迪丝饰)、艾尔莎(科坦饰)、茂(德隆尚饰)是亲兄妹,却无法和睦相处。加布里埃尔扮演雕像的工作令她青春期的儿子十分无法接受。艾尔莎对整个世界感到愤怒,对怀孕更感到绝望。而长期抑郁的天才游戏设计师茂,则选择在酒精和精神分析中淹没他的忧郁。三人的父母更长期分居,从未为维护家庭关系做出过努力。
Provence, 1847. The son of a wealthy landowner in the south of France, Jean-Baptiste, loses his mother in a tragic accident. His truculent father, who was always envious of his son and his relationship with his mother, takes a harlot he met a few months earlier as his new bride. Soon after, Jean-Baptiste is falsely accused by his "stepmother" of trying to take advantage of her....