It would have to be something special to get the whole family around the table. And this time it is nothing less than the urn containing the ashes of father Horst. They are to be spread somewhere - but at the questions of where and how give rise to a family argument that ranks with the best of them. During the course of the discussion the urn falls to the floor and smashes - revealing that there are no ashes at all inside it. So where is Horst?
Soon afterwards he walks in on the assembled family as if nothing had happened. He graces them with his presence one by one - but what kind of secret is Horst carrying around with him? Why did he simply vanish? And who is he going to live with now? Once again the family council is assembled, and everybody seems to have their own wild speculations.