Nora, a single mother about to marry for the third time, and her eccentric ex-husband Ismael’s lives intersect when Nora, troubled by her son’s uneasy relationship with her new fiance and the failing health of her father, visits Ismael with an unusual proposition she hopes will solve her problems.

Humor and tragedy rarely coexist as harmoniously as in the cinema of Arnaud Desplechin. High-spirited, whimsical, and starring Mathieu Amalric and Emmanuelle Devos, this ensemble tragicomedy makes the parallel narrative its best weapon for dissecting madness, romance, and the art of self-doubt.