When David visits his family for Christmas, a family encounter of an especially evil kind awaits him. Ironically on Christmas Eve, he realizes that his family has abandoned all sense of brotherly love and liberal values. They are afraid. Afraid of change, afraid that something will be taken away from them. David can’t handle the latent racist talk and shirtfronts his parents. The fact that his father, the very man he has always looked up to, is now spewing right-wing propaganda, shocks him. David cannot simply ignore it.
Sasha (Stéphanie Daub-Laurent), uma jovem francesa de 30 anos, morre subitamente na cidade de Berlim, onde vivia com o namorado, Lawrence (Anders Danielsen Lie). Nesse momento de perda, a família e o namorado estão devastados. O trágico evento acaba unindo dois estranhos: o namorado Lawrence e a irmã, Zoé (Judith Chemla).
Life on the land is undergoing a fundamental change: the villages are dying out, people go away, the houses remain empty. Frank is facing a major change: the decision to move to the city for his family the only future promising solution. A tragicomic film about a family between techno and brass bands and a place between nature reserve and piglets factory.
