In a family of Chinese immigrants, three generations of women each try in their own way to escape the weight of tradition, forsaking the protection of the clan in order to obtain their freedom.

Ald, a Chinese immigrant and tyrannical patriarch, rules over his clan with an iron fist. So when his grand-daughter, Edda, announces that she wants to be a doctor rather than work in the family restaurant, he is mad with rage. Determined to break free, Edda takes her sisters, Wilma, Isa and Etat, and they run away from home. But will the road to independence come at the price of their cultural heritage?