This celebrated French film explores family dynamics in a clan on the eve of World War I. Monsieur Ladmiral is an elderly, widowed painter who lives on a rambling estate outside Paris. During a visit from his son, Gonzague, Ladmiral hints that Gonzague is too complacent in life and wishes that his son was more like his free-spirited daughter Irene . Ladmiral wants to be freer, too. When Irene joins them, tensions among the family members rise.
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