Claude Verneuil, a Gaullist notary, and his wife Marie, a Catholic bourgeois, are parents of four daughters: Isabelle, Odile, Ségolène, and Laure. The three eldest are already married to men, each one of a different religion and a different ethnic origin: Isabelle married Rashid Ben Assem, an Algerian Muslim lawyer, Odile married David Benishou, a Sephardi Jew entrepreneur, and Ségolène married Chao Ling, a Han Chinese banker. The Verneuils pretend to accept their sons-in-law but have had a hard time hiding their discomfort at accpeting people into the family from outside the community. Snacks will be served.