The Three Wise Men – Balthazar, Melchior and Gaspard – are on their way to Bethlehem to pay homage to the infant Jesus when they are suddenly, an inexplicably, transported two thousand years into the future. They find themselves walking the streets of Paris, where they encounter a young woman called Macha who, they are convinced, will lead them to the newborn Messiah.
Una mala película de terror, proyectada en el Festival de Cannes, se convierte en un éxito de ventas gracias a que todos los proyeccionistas encargados de pasar la película son asesinados.