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La famille Langlois s’agrandit. En plus des parents et du jeune couple que forment Robert et Catherine, viennent s’ajouter quatre enfants. Les petits tracas du quotidien et la présence des deux paires de jumeaux rendent la cohabitation difficile.
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Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me (1955)
105 min
Robert Langlois is now married to Catherine, the former housemaid. And they would live happily ever after if the housing crisis did not force them to live together with Gabrielle and Fernand, Robert's parents. For, despite the good will on either side, tension soon arises. What else to expect when there is too little space in their Montmartre apartment for four people (then for six then eight, the couple having... two pairs of twins!) ; the continued presence there of Fernand (who loves peace and quiet) after he is driven to retirement ; the difficult beginnings of Robert as a lawyer in a room of the apartment, etc... Other troubles follow and the harried family is on the verge of implosion...