Paul is a cartoonist who lives with his girlfriend and their little daughter in Montreal in the summer of 1999. His in-laws, the Beaulieus, are a large, joyful clan composed of siblings, grandchildren

瑪莉是一位貧窮且沒受過教育的母親她後來成為享譽國內的民謠歌手，全家人才因此不再受窮困所苦影片不僅以20和30年代的金融危機作為背景，也描繪當時女性參政權的崛起。瑪莉崔佛絲波爾杜身為一名女性，該如何在演藝事業與家庭之間做出取捨？電影也帶出她和自己的大女兒德妮絲之間的動人故事。