Rose and Jean have nothing in common. Rose is a force of nature who faces all her problems with a disarming joie de vivre. She lives with her 3 children upstairs in the family hotel that no longer belongs to her. They're not poor they're broke... but only temporarily. Jean is a solitary taciturn man who has buried his big heart under layers of modesty and resignation. When he arrives in this unusual family however he quickly becomes indispensable. What did they expect before they met? Probably nothing. He soon becomes indispensable.