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In Nice, in the present, the members of a fragmented family reunite despite themselves to deal with an inheritance whose stakes are the Blue Parrot, a cabaret of magical nights.
Among the family member are Nicky, a magician on stage and a looser in life, his children: thirty-something accountant Nino Bensalem and journalist Marianne Bensalem, Marianne's mother Simone, who co-starred with Nicky on a children's TV show decades ago, and Nino's mother Alice, the freest spirit in this dour, grief-stricken crowd. She and Nicky are not on friendly terms, and Alice and Simone seem to cordially detest each other.
It is the moment of truth, of settling of scores, of confessions, of unusual alliances and secret drawers which will be opened without anyone realizing that a little hidden history will be discovered there… In this world of glamour and mystery, appearances and hidden doors, where it is sometimes easier to invent a character for oneself than face who we are, do we ever really know our parents, old loves, children or friends?
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