Danielle (Bernadette Lafont), a grandmother in her sixties, is planning to take her two grandchildren to their father’s house for the Easter vacation. Since retiring as a schoolteacher, Danielle has regularly taken on this responsibility after her daughter’s divorce. This time, however, the children’s father is not there to welcome them, giving Danielle the opportunity to spend a bit more time with her grandchildren and to take them out for the day. Jumping at every opportunity presented to them, Danielle soon transforms this day-outing into an impromptu holiday. Only what starts out as a fun adventure gradually turns into an inexorable deconstructing experience, and it soon becomes impossible for Danielle to contemplate taking the kids back…

Marie is eight years old. She comes from a shanty town, near Paris. One day, while hanging around, she passes a house and watches a boy of the same age as her playing in a garden. The day after she's welcomed by the boy and his aunt, Sylvie. Marie strikes up a friendship with them. But Marie is not like the other girls. Sylvie doesn't know how to rescue her...