Summer Paradise

Conventions of civility among family members are severely strained by the very real breakup of the bonds between them During a few days at a vacation home Katha a woman in late middle age tries to cope with an influx of discontented disconnected relatives Her divorced daughter brings all sorts of people to the house including a womanfriend accompanied by her psychotic son the grandfather of the house is convinced he is dying and is satisfied by nothing and some friends drop off their angry teenage son to stay with her while they go on a long trip abroad Her friend Emma doesnt help much with keeping a lid on things as she is a social worker who is fascinated by the awfulness of these situations