And if they didn't kill themselves...

Miranda experiences a typical story of a woman in her fifties – she remains a single mother and her only child is about to start living on her own. Her parents live in a dilapidated house in the French countryside, where they have two llamas, eight ducks, five chickens, two cats, and an ancient freezer crammed with suspect food. The father is a retired philosophy professor who never loses a single argument. My mother likes to turn the conversation to the war, even though she was born after it. They have been married for fifty years and each is convinced of their own truth. During her visits, Miranda plays the role of an interpreter, communicating the wishes or complaints of one parent to the other, and then taking out her pent-up frustration on her daughter or sister. An ironic, brilliantly observed story of an eccentric family, sibling rivalry, insurmountable generational differences and long-buried secrets.