At her husband's funeral, Pearl (Shirley Maclean), Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend (Marcello Mastroianni) of her husband, whose advice years previously had stopped the husband leaving home. For 23 year
What really brings a small community together? When everything is at stake and sides are being taken, what does it take to stand up against the majority? And what are the consequences of raising boys to believe that winning means everything?