As two young people from different worlds are joined together in marriage, the murmuring among the guests is that the relationship is doomed.
But only one knows the form that doom will take.
Etta and Dora, retired teachers from the South of Italy, arrive with their Basset Hound, the strong willed, loveable Leon, for a home swap holiday in a German mansion, just in time for the celebrations following the wedding of their hosts' son to a beautiful Parisienne socialite.