Monique is dying of cancer, lying in bed in the apartment above the store her family owns. Her philandering husband carries on with life, her son remains aloof, and her daughter-in-law wonders if she is witnessing her own decline. They all struggle to express, or feel, their love for one another.

Nathalie Baye
as Nathalie

Hubert Deschamps
as Roger

Philippe Léotard
as Philippe

Monique Mélinand
as Monique

Henri Saulquin
as

Alain Grestau
as

Anna Gayane
as

Mireille Laurenchet
as

Corinne Derel
as Corinne

Marie-Blanche Dehaux
as Corinne