“妈妈”每天都去上班，留下女儿来组织她的一天。虽然“妈妈”知道自己的生活充满了卑鄙、堕落和放荡，因为这是在一个非常私人的女主人俱乐部里，但她的女儿尝到了她那个时代宽容社会的性自由。。。

Jean, nicknamed Brasse-Bouillon, and his brother Ferdinand live with their paternal grandmother, who is responsible for their upbringing. But when their parents returned from Japan, they settled in Belle-Angerie and resumed their role with the children, while their grandmother had to leave for cousins. The boys soon come up against the contempt of their mother, Marthe. Faced with this shrew, whom he nicknamed "Folcoche" (a contraction of "madwoman" and "pig"), Jean decided to join the resistance.

“为自己提供一切让你快乐的东西！” 这是出轨丈夫发给妻子的短信，他在结婚纪念日那天抛弃了她，和一位年轻而火爆的伦敦情妇约会。随后被遗弃的妻子通过将“快乐”这个词理解为肉体意义上的快乐来寻求报复，她发现已经忘记了曾经如此快乐。在桑拿房里她勾引了印度长相的女佣，然后说服停车服务员不要给她写停车罚单在电话亭里帮他BJ等等。