父亲突然的离世打破了卢卡斯平静的生活。他仿佛变成一头需要被驯服的野兽，与周围的世界格格不入。为了改善心情，他离开了独居的母亲，去探访在巴黎生活的哥哥。在这场短途旅行中，他试图一脚踢开成人世界的大门，和自己紧闭的心扉。

Summer 1990. Elsa and her father go to the South of France on vacation. They meet up with old friends and their four children in a house lost in the hills. Immediately, the complicity between adults and children is rekindled. But Elsa senses a growing tension and secretly worries.