Chantal and Christian live a peaceful retirement. But since their children Sandrine and Stéphane left the nest, they do not give plus a lot of news. The opportunities to get together as a family are becoming increasingly rare …
When the offspring announce that they will not come to celebrate Christmas, it is too much for Chantal and Christian! They then decide on their pretend they hit the jackpot. A desperate attempt to try to bring them back and a lie that could cost them dearly …
In “My very dear children”, Alexandra Leclère has granted all the characters a part of naivety, even the most obnoxious, so that we can get attached to it, that the screenplay is not written just around good guys and bad guys.
Nobody gonna hate nobody and no one is going to make fun of anybody either. It is out of the question that parents are abusive parents and children are perfect little bastards.