The scene is set one Summer in La Ciotat, a town near Marseille which used to be prosperous thanks to its huge dockyard but has been in decline since its closing 25 years before. It is in this context of quiet desperation that a writ

A mild-mannered banker is forced to masquerade as a notorious gangster and pimp.

A man and his friends come up with an intricate and original plan to destroy two big weapons manufacturers.