The independently-minded daughter of lower-middle class French shopkeepers, Brigitte, one of three sisters, refused to marry the father of her child when she became pregnant. In this film, she reminisces about her family life beginning when she was about five years old, up to the present when she is in her early 20s. Of her two sisters, one has a nervous breakdown and the other one becomes something of a baby factory. Colorful anecdotes of her eventful life lend additional depth to her insights.

Brigitte

Pierrette

Florence

le grand-père Roussel

la grand-mère Roussel

Emile Roussel, le père

le cousin Gabriel

M. Delorme

Rodolphe

Paul-Louis

Stuttering fiancé (bègue)

Etienne

Sitting student

Comissioner

Policeman
January 3, 1979

Brigitte

Pierrette

Florence

le grand-père Roussel

la grand-mère Roussel

Emile Roussel, le père

le cousin Gabriel

M. Delorme

Rodolphe

Paul-Louis

Stuttering fiancé (bègue)

Etienne

Sitting student

Comissioner

Policeman

