When George, a half-blind widower, learns that his children have conceived an elaborate plan to get their hands on his assets before he dies, he must confront his life choices. After catching his young home help Maria red-handed in the act of stealing, George blackmails her into assisting him in a counterattack, triggering off a chain reaction in the family. George does a runner - Maria, unwillingly in tow - setting him off into a colorful adventure that breathes life into his old bones. Meanwhile, as George’s son and daughter struggle to keep on his trail, they discover that their father has a secret mistress, an indelible love from the past, in Antibes, France.