简介：Eighteen-year-oldGilbertQuercyhastriedtocommitsuicideandhasbeensenttohospital.Nobodyissurprisedtherewhenhismothercomestovisithimbutthenursecannotbelievehereyeswhenasecondmother,and-evenmoreastounding-athirdone,presentthemselvestocomforttheyoungpatient.ThereasonforthisisthatMichelQuercy,Gilbert'sfather,afancifulegyptologistalwaysawayfromhome,marriedfourdifferentwomen.Gilbertisthesonhehadwithhisfirstwifebuttheboywasraisedbyhisthreesuccessiveotherwivesafterhisbiologicalmumdiedinchildbirth.FollowingtheirconversationwithGilbert,thethree"mothers"areconvincedthatMichelandhisrefusaltotakehisresponsibilitiesasafatheraretherootoftheproblem.Asaresult,theydecidetojoinforcesinordertomakethedisgracefulfatherchangehisways...…