Honoré Blanchard, 85, earned his living cleaning up bodies for the mob and as a freshwater fisherman. He lives with his son Fernand, operator of a "gaz bar" in Coteau Rouge. Its prices are low, but mostly it has a large pétanque alley adjoining the Ekonogaz where the local association of pétanque players meets. Fernand has two children: Hélène and Henri. Hélène is married to an unscrupulous promoter, Éric Miljours, who wants to raze Coteau Rouge and turn it into an upscale development. Hélène is the only Blanchard not living in Coteau Rouge. Since she was unable to have children on her own, Micheline, her own mother, agreed to be a surrogate. Henri lives with Estelle. He borrowed $ 125,000 from his brother-in-law for Estelle to take experimental treatments in Mexico. They have a 15-year-old son, Alexis, who, fed up with the family's hard-up circumstances, has decided to start a company that offers environmental manual mowing. Éric is not welcome in Coteau Rouge as he has his sights set on a major project: a 128-storey condominium tower on Île aux fesses. The day he visits the future site with his wife, a monstrous sturgeon crashes into the hull of his boat and Éric and Hélène are thrown into the water. Eric is lost forever, but Hélène is saved by her prosthesis, which serves as a lifebuoy. It's harvest time. Micheline has finally given birth and Hélène is a mother at last. The atmosphere is festive. Micheline has concocted her famous recipe for rabbit with evaporated milk to relieve her mammary congestion because Fernand would rather play pétanque...