Plot Summary:In the middle of the night, someone brings Ivan's body home to his wife and his sad-faced, jug-eared son. Through flashbacks, the film discloses the relationships among Ivan and his brother Alex, a cop with a cleanliness fetish; siblings Juliette and Jimmy, Ivan's partners in a seedy nightclub; the love triangle of Alex, Juliette, and Marie, a professor of philosophy; and of Alex and his nephew, Ivan's dour, stoic son. Ivan's death changes every relationship. Images of paragliders, sun bathers, and opera suggest an expansive, colorful world outside the constricted lives of these characters.
十岁男孩的父亲为何突然死去?环绕著他的成年人各持真相的零星碎片。然而这不过是开始。一个颠簸著的妙龄少女;一个家族的非法勾当;女哲学教授突然自杀;嫉恶如仇的警探;一段淡化了的女同志恋情;无法接受父亲去世的孩子……。导演把来自毫不相关的世界的人物放在一起,支取不同电影类型的元素,发展出一个精彩绝伦的讲故事游戏。重重叠叠、循环不息,几条生命轨道交错,有说不尽的隐衷、揭不完的秘密。本片为导演继《野芦苇》后之力作,德诺芙及奥特尤尔有精湛的演出。