Claude Maher

Friends Blanche and Fabienne make plans to visit the town of Contrecœur where they have left behind some fairly complex family ties. The two women take Fabienne's boyfriend Jean-Paul up on his offer to drive them to Contrecœur in his oil tanker. During a long snowbound night on the highway, the three play power games and uncover some truths.

The film starts with a marriage celebration in which the men remain seated at the table waiting to be served by the women - including the bride. At one point the women rebel, refuse to spend all their time cooking and cleaning in the kitchen, and in a reaction against the men engage in a pagan festival.