A homeless man - Roland (Albert Dupontel) - one day witnesses a man jumping from a bridge, without being able to help.
The man has left a bag and clothes behind and those belongings shows that he was a police officer, leaving a note with the approximate content: "I can't stand it anymore!".
Roland takes care of the bag and clothes and heads straight to the police station, with the intent explaining this story and at the same time leaving the possessions of the police officer to his superiors.
However, being a homeless (SDF in French) does not make him trustworthy in the eyes of the police wherefore they throw him out.
Ok, if they don't wan't to listen to him, he might as well use these clothes to gain advantages.
Roland has seen that they have a very good canteen at the station house and he decides to use the police uniform in order to give him access to this dining room.
Later on he also finds out that through this uniform he has become somewhat 'powerful' as people around him in fact obey what he says when 'patroling' the town.
This leads him to become somewhat tougher, more confident, demanding things from his fellow- countrymen. On the same time he tries to help the homeless when they are in trouble - up til a certain point when something more important happens: He meets a woman.
The woman he meets is a mother (not homeless) who tries to get in contact with her child, who is being taken care of by an elderly couple (the grand parents?).
This as the latter find her work as a former striptease dancer and now working in a porno shop, not being the ideal occupations for a mother.
Roland tries of course to help, creating a turmoil.
Another very humoristic and, in a way, thought-provoking film by Dupontel.
The man has left a bag and clothes behind and those belongings shows that he was a police officer, leaving a note with the approximate content: "I can't stand it anymore!".
Roland takes care of the bag and clothes and heads straight to the police station, with the intent explaining this story and at the same time leaving the possessions of the police officer to his superiors.
However, being a homeless (SDF in French) does not make him trustworthy in the eyes of the police wherefore they throw him out.
Ok, if they don't wan't to listen to him, he might as well use these clothes to gain advantages.
Roland has seen that they have a very good canteen at the station house and he decides to use the police uniform in order to give him access to this dining room.
Later on he also finds out that through this uniform he has become somewhat 'powerful' as people around him in fact obey what he says when 'patroling' the town.
This leads him to become somewhat tougher, more confident, demanding things from his fellow- countrymen. On the same time he tries to help the homeless when they are in trouble - up til a certain point when something more important happens: He meets a woman.
The woman he meets is a mother (not homeless) who tries to get in contact with her child, who is being taken care of by an elderly couple (the grand parents?).
This as the latter find her work as a former striptease dancer and now working in a porno shop, not being the ideal occupations for a mother.
Roland tries of course to help, creating a turmoil.
Another very humoristic and, in a way, thought-provoking film by Dupontel.
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