A lower-middle-class family suddenly manages to become wealthy and organizes a lavish ball to which they invite the most wealthy families in the area. It's a great escape from loneliness, but it breeds hypocrisy, mother-daughter rivalry, unconscious vendettas, and adolescent frustrations.

A multitude of bizarre characters come to life through the voice of a single actress, accompanied by the notes of a piano. A grotesque, irreverent spectacle of cruel lightness.