During the Gulf War, the paths of several groups of characters cross in France’s most desert-like region. The cast is as follows: An astrophysician who works alone with Geraldine in an observatory high in the mountains. He’d like to seduce Geraldine, but she seems to prefer the shepherd who’s been relegated to a shabby hut nearby. A group of filmmakers stuck in the middle of the countryside after their crew went on strike because lunch never turned up. A squadron of stupid soldiers who consider even the most minor incident to be proof of Saddam Hussein’s invasion of France. A maniacal geologist, oblivious of everything, who continues to search for the traces of a tectonic Big Bang in the most inaccessible places.

Dans la région la plus désertique de France, pendant la guerre du Golfe, les parcours de plusieurs groupes de personnages se croisent comme dans un ballet. Parmi eux figurent un astrophysicien, une équipe de cinéastes, une escouade de militaires débiles, un géologue maniaque, des randonneurs pédestres, un maquignon, un champion des rallyes automobiles, son constructeur.