The uneventful middle-class life of Lebanese sisters Houwayda and Joëlle spirals into turmoil after Houwayda announces that she is accompanying Pierre, her Québecker husband, on a sabbatical year in France.
Pierre
Houwayda
Émilie
Joëlle
Sylvie
Guy
Geneviève
Jocelyn
Isabelle
Jacques
Jean
Maryse
Renée
Najla
Mireille
Sophie