Les arcandiers

In this surreal comedy Tonio works very hard for every bit of illgotten cash he can get his hands on but he remains a poor criminal in both senses of the word He and his buddies Bruno and Hercule think they have the solution to their pocketbook woes The body of St Bernadette has been miraculously preserved from decay and is a central object of pilgrimage in the shrine where it is kept Why not steal that and hold it for ransom The criminal gang is well able to pull this coup off and are soon in possession of one perfectly preserved corpse and a very fancy coffin Its too bad for them that the church seems to have a limitless supply of these and doesnt want the one they stole back Bemused the lads set the coffin adrift on the river only to be followed by it as they drive back upriver In the course of carrying out their criminal designs these lovable lugs encounter a variety of eccentric characters