It's party time at Le Central bar...They're celebrating the qualification to the finals of the soccer team of which Albert Costa, the landlord, is chairman...But they're principally celebrating the imminent birth of Kevin, his grandson...It is so imminent that the party is interrupted by the screams of Nadine, Albert's daughter-in-law, as her contractions start...She is rushed to the hospital...Albert informs his son Bruno, the happy father who is away on business and cannot be present at the birth. Nadine gives birth to a wonderful baby. The only thing is, the baby is black... Who is the father: Bruno, Nadine's husband who is white, or Benjamin Lavoine, a handsome French West Indian, the soccer team's striker and Nadine's ex-boyfriend?...All the evidence points to the latter...For the young mother and her baby, who have been banished from the Costa family household, this marks the start of a long ordeal...
