LaMaisonRose(ThePinkHouse)isanoldmansioninBeirut.ItistheplacewheretheNawfalfamilyfoundshelterduringtheCivilWarandinwhichtheyfeelgood.Unfortunatelyforthem,theirimmediateenvironmentisrapidlychangingasmanyoftheoldshell-riddenbuildingsaretorndowntobereplacedbynewconstructionprojects.WhenMattar,theownerofthePinkHouse,decidestosellittomakeroomforalargecommercialcenter,theresidentsoftheneighborhoodbecomedividedbetweentheshopkeepersandbusinessmeninfavorofmodernityandthefamiliesbeingevictedagainsttheprojectforsentimentalreasons.