Somewhere in a holiday home in France, Bernard and his wife Jacqueline are expecting guests for what promises to be a pleasant weekend. One of the guests is Bernard's best friend Robert, who is Jacqueline's secret lover. The other guest is Brigitte, Bernard's secret lover. The master of the house tells his wife that Brigitte is Robert's partner, but since Robert has never seen the woman before, he mistakes her for the maid, who is also called Brigitte. And if all that wasn't enough, the maid's husband, Bertrand, will soon set her up for a "kiss".

An assassin forges an unlikely partnership with one of his targets: a woman seeking revenge for the murder of her family.

It is 1912 and war looms on the horizon. The school year begins in a boarding school run by priests. Zoltán's father, is one of the masters and struggling with questions that challenge their faith, while waiting for news of his brother, Titanic passenger, and is a particularly problematic group of new students, many of whom have been fond increasingly heavy play each other jokes. The arrival of Father Weigl, hired to teach physical education, will bring alarming consequences.