For bride Sophie and groom Mark, the words "'till death do us part" take on menacing significance on their wedding day. Mark's arrogant father Hermann is on his worst behavior and picks a fight about the appetizers with the financially troubled gourmet cook Franz, in whose elegant country inn the wedding party is about to take place. Slowly but surely the party takes a bad turn. The idyllic country inn turns into a besieged stronghold, and the aggressions on both sides escalate ever further. Hermann doesn't give a damn about the fact that innocent bystanders are entangled in the whole mess. And even Franz, cool-headed at the beginning, begins to lose his bearings and join in. All efforts to placate the stubborn men fail, and the wedding party heads for a surprising end.