The Tenenbaums are a dysfunctional and distant family. Royal and Etheline are a separated couple with three children, each one with his own well-defined personality.
Chas, hardworking and dedicated, he lost his wife about a year ago and is now overprotective of his two boys.
Margot, secretive and lonely, was adopted at the age of two. She is passionate about playwriting but is now going through a tough time.
Richie, a failed tennis player who is in love with his sister.
Their mother, Etheline, was loving and spent time with her children. She is now an archaeologist and remarried to Henry Sherman an accountant.
And finally, Royal is a childish and manipulative absent father who feels he has spent too much time apart from his family and wants everyone to come back to the family home.
Even though they are distant with each other and have different relations with one another, they still need to feel they belong together and have their family’s support.