Plot

Michel is in love with Madeleine, so he decides to tell his parents of his intention to marry her. He thinks his announcement is innocent enough; his engagement, however, threatens to reveal dark secrets lurking within his family's home.

In bliss, young Michel announces to his parents, Yvonne and Georges, that he wishes to marry Madeleine, the love of his life. However, his parents are appalled: possessive Yvonne can't stand the thought of losing the apple of her eye, and Georges, too, who has a skeleton in the closet, opposes this union. And, as if that weren't enough, Aunt Léonie steps in to lend them a hand. Can love survive with such terrible parents?—Nick Riganas

When Michel, who's 22, tells his parents he is in love, his mother Yvonne is distraught, believing she will lose his love (which is the center of her life), and his father Georges is distressed because it is Georges' mistress, Madeleine, who his son loves. Yvonne and Georges financially and emotionally depend on Michel's maiden aunt, Léo, who was once engaged to Georges but gave him up to her sister. Léo resolves to help them separate Michel and Madeleine, choreographs an elaborate meeting at Madeleine's flat where Georges concocts a lie that Madeleine feels she must embrace, and the lovers part. Aunt Léo then has a change of heart and tries to put everything right.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>