Ce film raconte sur un ton léger les déboires amoureux d'une trentenaire qui refuse de s'engager avec les hommes par peur de faire ressurgir des démons encore profondément ancrés.

Ce qu'il ne faut pas dire

Born into a family of circus performers, Laura has spent much of her young life on tour with her father Bill, a professional clown, and his stage hand, Mandeep. Secretly, she yearns for a more conventional life. Thanks to her new Secondary I teacher, Patricia, she can finally fulfill her dream : to go to private school. Having spotted her new pupil's enormous potential, Patricia helps Laura pass her entrance exams. This act is a form of rebellion against her father. Can bohemian Bill, a self-proclaimed nonconformist, accept that the apple of his eye has fallen so far from the paternal tree?