i suspect this be more of a grey comedy masquerade a black . give that it about a relative in this case a son who a pain in the as it tempt to see it a another angle on the same director tatie danielle where an aunt and not a son be the cause of friction but that would be to superficialize . tanguy ( eric berger ) have it make while 28 year old and fluent in both chinese and japanese and earn good money a a teacher whilst complete his ph . d. a regular girl friend who anxious to set up light housekeep with him plus all the spare tail he want . youre probably wait for me to describe the kind of swing bachelor pad that sinatra use to have in movie like the tender trap but the twist be that tanguy do all this from his parent house and they have have just about enough thank you very much so they decide to encourage him to leave by take the cush out of his cushy lifestyle . but tanguy be not just fluent in chinese and japanese he be also an advocate of eastern philosophy so he turn everything around and smile tolerantly if not quite inscrutably at all their best laid plan . the long suffering parent edith and paul ( set designer and architect respectively ) be play by sabine azema and andre dussollier and veteran at act together and boy and do it show . add a cynical aunt and paul mother ( helene duc ) whose constant needling finally spur them to action and you have a cast that could make bowling for dollar seem like moliere . a fine movie which address a subject that be now relevant in england if not other country .