童年的阴影如影随形地伴随着这个家庭的三姊妹苏菲（艾曼纽·贝阿 Emmanuelle Béart饰）、莎莲（嘉莲·维雅 Karin Viard 饰）和安妮（玛丽·吉莲 Marie Gillain 饰）。她们的父亲因为和别人搞同性恋，误把母亲致残，继而自己跳楼身亡。她们带着这个伤口继续着各自的生活。
苏菲怀疑丈夫有了外遇，她费尽心机调查丈夫的行踪，同时对自己的婚姻还仅存一丝希望。然而真相却残酷地摧毁了她的生活。沙莲全心全意照顾瘫痪的母亲，感情一直空白，知道有人，开始追求她，爱护她，为她做浪漫的事儿，可是，这一切都是命运开的一次玩笑。安妮怀着老教授的孩子，可是对方是个不负责任的男人，他只有死去，才能给安妮的恨意消除…捉弄她们的，不止是生活的际遇，还有那个童年的阴影，她们得知了一个意外的真相。

As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another's pain, their game might be a way to avoid the fact that they are truly meant for one another.

Bastien, an ambitious young production assistant, catches the attention of Jean-Louis, a producer of high regard, and is granted a shot at his own television show.

When Camille falls ill, she is forced to live with Philibert and Franck.