Two simpletons finally get their 15 minutes of fame through a mistaken identity.
North Africa, December 1942. Valentin, a professional gardener ruined by the bombings of 1940, has fled to Tunis, where he traffics stolen goods, transporting them from Libya to Tunisia on an old boat.
A "Watergate" in miniature:a man discovers a wire-tapping set ,in his new house,and he can spy on his circle.