在这部张口结舌剧情片中,中年妇女发现患上癌症，却得不到家庭的照顾，丈夫天天在外花天酒地；疼爱的儿子却和一名妓女鬼混上。唯一的慰籍是和儿媳妇关系渐渐拉近。
皮亚拉第三部长片，带浓重的自传色彩，和特吕弗、候麦的御用摄影师Nestor Almendros首度合作。
Monique is dying. Around her gather her unfaithful husband, her son, who is like his father, and her daughter-in-law. We observe them playing with life as she dies.
