In 1988, in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, an 11-years-old boy is worried for his grandmother’s life. Worn out by illness, the old storyteller tries to convince her grandson that Death no longer exists….

Young Elsie is shocked to learn that her eccentric mother wanted her ashes to be scattered among her five ex-husbands. Elsie is adamant about carrying out her mother’s wishes, but…