Cuando Grégoire Dufour, tras muchos años de trabajo en un banco, se jubila, sus colegas deciden darle un regalo sorpresa: una espectacular corista. Lo malo es que el pobre Grégoire, creyendo que la ha conquistado, decide hacerse pasar por presidente del banco, lo que dará lugar a una sucesión de cómicas confusiones.
In one of the tribes of the Algerian Sahara, everyone awaits the arrival of the hero who will defend the rights of the poor. A man decides one day to put the mark of the "hero" on his newborn son and the whole tribe celebrates the arrival of this eagerly awaited messiah who came to save them. This false hero then grows up by assuming his role of savior. Filled with cynicism, he crosses the countryside and has a number of adventures.
