We are at the tastefully appointed villa of a family of considerable means, and by the looks of the wardrobe and the hairstyles and the production design, it appears the time period is mid-20th century. There’s a lovely garden in the yard, and an in-ground swimming pool as well. It appears idyllic.
The man of the house gets ready for work, but before he leaves, his wife and children surprise him with a birthday gift: a beautifully crafted canoe. A deliveryman arrives, bringing supplies for the kitchen and bundles of clothes. The woman of the house dumps a pile of blouses on a table and tells the staffers they can each pick one. Upstairs in her bedroom, she tries on a fur coat, admiring herself in the mirror. She then hands the coat to a housemaid, telling her it needs to be hemmed and cleaned.
