An eccentric family is re-united during the 1968 general strike in France, after the death of the grandmother.
Aimé Prado, pied-noir based in Marseille, is a very renowned restaurateur. He befriends Julien, a marginal man wanted for the accidental death of a racist cafe owner.
Two unemployed actors accept what they believe to be an acting job from a wealthy man without realizing that he needs two real private detectives.