During the first week of the Gulf War an arrogant racing champion has a break down. A little further on, a film crew shooting a western goes on strike after missing lunch. Soldiers think they are on the track of an Iraqi invasion. We also see walkers, astronomers and a goatherd who seems to exert an irresistible attraction on all women. Moullet plays light-footedly with different genres: for his fans there is even a bloody gore scene. We also recognise the nature documentary, of course the car race film, the military paranoia thriller - and certainly also the socially committed fable because, as befits this age of European unity and globalisation, it becomes apparent that all the characters primarily need financial support from the French state.