Far too rarely do we experience the process of saying farewell as an absurd and potentially hilarious story. Lucia Margarita Bauer's grandmother Babet Berger died on April 6, 2012. The story of her semi-criminal transfer from the southern German town of Riedlingen via Paris – including a bus tour and Seine trip – to the French grave of her husband was the starting point for the film Maman Maman Maman. The filmmaker embarks on a search for her own roots and, as can be expected, gets caught up along a few detours.