At least vultures have the decency to wait until their prey's dead before picking it apart ... After losing his wife and suffering a stroke, cantankerous retiree Édouard Lavenant has moved from Lyon to a village in the mountains with his put-upon nurse, Thérèse. After a man comes to the door claiming to be Édouard's long-lost son, it isn't long before the local vultures are circling overhead ... sakriti opis