Alceste hates all of humanity, denounces its hypocrisy, cowardice and compromise. But he nevertheless loves Célimène, flirtatious and slanderous. The virtuous thus launches into battles lost in advance which force him to flee.
In the 18th century, in Paris, the young Jacques Ménétier and his mentor, the Abbé Jérôme Coignard were hired by Mr. d'Astarac who carried out alchemical experiments and believed Jacques was destined for a fabulous destiny. An experiment that goes wrong and the kidnapping of the beautiful Jahel put an end to the ambitions of the master and his student.
