Make Room for Tomorrow

Four generations of Oppenheim men gather in Paris for Isaacs 90th birthday Hes Romeo still a ladys man waiting to hear from a woman to whom he has proposed threatening suicide if she says no They gather at Isaacs grandsons Ben who lives with Peggy and their son Mathias whos 10 Joining them from Israel is Isaacs son Elie Against a backdrop of Elies attempts to call his exwife Ben and Peggys marital difficulties Mathiass budding sexuality everyones love of chess and practical jokes Bens house shifting dangerously on its foundation and the twentiethcentury struggles of the Jews the film explores their relationships and Isaacs aging