Living on a shoestring in Montreal, a Vietnamese mother must act in bad faith to assert her right to buy 12 discount laundry detergents that she's been refused at a grocery store.
On this January morning, Agnès and her brother are hanging out in the living room. This quiet day will take a wrong turn when Agnès' father, shaken by his recent divorce from her mother, decides to pay her an impromptu visit.
Michèle, prisoner of her gambling addiction, juggles the intricacies of her relationship with her son, her partner, and their common aspiration to leave for Daytona Beach.