The lives of three friends, from their early school days into young adulthood, when the reality of the world they live in comes knocking.

Set in France, Georges is a TV Literary Reviewer and lives in a small yet modern town house with his wife Anne, a publisher and his young son Pierrot. They begin to receive video tapes through the post of their house and family, along side obscure child-like drawings. They visit the police with hope of aid to find the stalker, but as there is no direct threat, they refuse to help. As the tapes become more personal, Georges takes it upon himself to figure out who is putting through his family through such horror. A true Michael Haneke Classic.

French vs. American social customs and behaviors are observed in a story about an American visiting her Frenchman-wed sister in Paris.