The film oscillates between comedy and drama, using the absurdity of the kidnapping to highlight deep-seated psychological scars.
Much of the conflict stems from the sisters' inability to let go of the "maternal ideal." Their trauma is rooted in the gap between the mother they have and the mother society tells them they should have.
By literalizing the "trap" of family obligations, the daughters flip the power dynamic. They become the caregivers/captors, while the mother is forced into a submissive position.
The story follows two sisters, Alice and Sandrine, who have lived their lives under the shadow of their mother’s indifference. When their mother (played by Josiane Balasko) remains as cold and biting as ever during a reunion, the sisters decide to kidnap her. They take her to a remote house in Brittany, not for ransom, but to force her to love them—or at least to explain why she never did.
