The summer of 1939, France and Provence, 14 year old boy Julian is infatuated with her cousin Julia, Julia and his family lived in a sm all hotel, unfortunately, she ignored him, because she is the cousin in several years. The guests of the hotel Charles, a shameful 20 year-old young people, regardless of their own was engaged at this girl, joined the competition game...

Martial (Daniel Auteuil) is discharged from a mental institution where he spent a few years due to a serious nervous breakdown. During his hospitalization, he ceases to speak with everyone, including his wife Régine (Thérèse Liotard), whom he had encouraged to find a new partner soon after entering the clinic. Upon his return, he finds his mother (Danielle Darrieux), a busy business woman who owns a supermarket chain. She is convinced that her son, who by now hardly talks to anyone after his experience, will be able to find himself again if tasked with some responsibilities.
Soon enough, Martial is sent to Limoges on a business trip to check on one of their stores in the hope of reinvigorating its failing business. Once he arrives, Martial is faced with responsibilities he had never imagined, including dealing with the store's personnel. Due to his lack of people skills, this job is a difficult task. Meantime, as instructed by his mother, he checks on the accounting handled by the manager, Mr. Fonfrin (Jean-Pierre Marielle), and he soon realizes that the reason for the branch's close-to-failure status is that Fonfrin is padding the books. Due to his inability to take charge for anything in life, Martial fails to perform his duties and instead befriends the crooked manager, who invites the naive heir to join him and his wife (Dominique Lavanant) for dinner one night. He immediately falls in love with Francine (Sandrine Bonnaire), the maid, an eccentric young woman with whom he has a brief relationship.
Martial unconditionally showers Francine with all kinds of gifts, as this is the first time in several years that he feels close to someone; it is a short episode that makes his dejected life momentarily look brighter. He lets his work fall behind for her but, unfortunately, the romance does not last long and, upon his return to Paris, he is deemed incompetent and re-admitted to the hospital.

因为种种原因经营不善的借口公司倒闭了，在公司倒闭后，格雷格的生活一直很平静。他按部就班的过着正常人的生活，与女友感情也十分稳定。但这样的日子随着格雷格决定向女友弗洛求婚而改变了。因为格雷格不得不把女友介绍给他奸诈的父亲和前演员母亲。因为担心自己的父母会搅黄自己的姻缘，别无选择，格雷格开始实施一个大胆的计划。他重新经营了自己的借口公司并招募了演员来扮演自己的父母企图骗过女友。起初事情很顺利，女友也认为格雷格的家庭十分妥帖，然而随着接触时间越来越长，假的父母终究还是露出了不少马脚，这中间发生了一系列啼笑皆非的事情。最终，真相败露，格雷格将自己的担心告知女友，用真心打动了女友重回于好，也鼓起勇气带女友见了自己的父母，成就了姻缘。

伊莎贝拉（瓦莱丽·勒梅西埃 Valérie Lemercier 饰）在远洋公司里担任人力资源总监的职务，实际上，她和老板一直保持着一段地下恋情。然而，当这段恋情崩溃之后，伊莎贝拉发现这个负心汉竟然还想解雇她，让她彻底远离自己的生活。伊莎贝拉是一个非常强势的女儿，当然不会坐以待毙，她决定利用自己的职务之便对老板进行报复。