Jérémy (Arnaud Binard) is a 30 year-old who has always excelled at everything and has just been promoted to an executive position at the bank where he works. His left wing petit bourgeois parents regard him as a golden child. They do not know that he is gay--in fact, the only member of the family that knows is his younger brother, Robin (Olivier Guéritée). One morning Jérémy stops at his parents' home for Sunday Brunch and tells them he is moving into a new house with his older, long-term boyfriend. Things heat up and Jérémy's folks who have always thought of themselves as liberals do not take the news well. Each of the parents accuses the other of knowing about their son and not telling.
They want to find out what caused Jérémy to be gay, and embark on a comical quest to find out what caused Jérémy's homosexuality. Rosine (Charlotte de Turckheim), Jeremy's mom, goes to a co-worker for advice and Guy (Bernard Le Coq), his dad, talks to his tennis buddies from whom he gets a few answers. New drama arises from the entire situation and the parents take out their frustrations on the younger son, who is hauled into the spotlight. Robin is elated as he is no longer the black sheep of the family. Will this family ever be the same after the shocking news?
The story is about a son coming out to his parents and them coping with it, with the focus more on the relationship of the parents. As the parents say, it could have been worse: Jérémy could have been in a car crash, have an orphan disease, cancer, or died in a terrorist attack. The parents' reaction to the fact their eldest and most beloved son is gay moves towards acceptance because they realize he is not so different. This quirky, delightful, and original TV movie features great performances and solid writing that avoids almost all the possible clichés of the genre. There is a little bit of everything: slapstick, comic situations, odd secondary characters, many unexpected but comical surprises, and quite original monologues and dialogues. Nicolas Mercier wrote the screenplay, and Régis Musset directed. In French with English Subtitles. The English title is "Times Have Been Better".
