It's New Year's Day. Antoine Garnier has decided to invite all his family and friends to dinner at his house the day after New Year's Eve. But the family being large, he is going to be overwhelmed since no less than 35 guests are expected.

"The Birdcatcher's Son" - According to Faroese law, the birdwatcher Esmar will lose his lease within one year, thus forced to leave both his house and his land unless he makes sure he and his wife Johanna have a son. Because Johanna has just given birth to date, they decide what they think is their last and best chance; to jointly find another man who can make Johanna with children.

The attractive Béatrice Laune has a brilliant career, recently crowned with the award for best advertising creativity of the year. A well-deserved reward, as Béatrice has devoted her entire life to her work. The only fly in the ointment is that, for some time now, the young woman has been fainting every time she is confronted with a baby! The medical diagnosis attributes these episodes to a repressed desire to have a child as she approaches her 40th birthday. This situation disturbs Béatrice to the point where she becomes fixated on one idea: having a baby for her 40th birthday!