In Cantagrel, Urbain Coindet, a farmer and town councilor in his forties, finds his wife hanging from a beam in the barn. Aurélie Coindet has committed ******* but but not everybody is convinced. The village is soon divided in two conflicting sides, the Republicans who support Urbain and the clericals accusing him of murder, which particularly suits Frédéric, a tobacco smuggler...
In the elegant nightclub of Corsican Luciano, known as Luky, "Les Naturistes", we play big sums at the Longchamp races. Luky, ballet master, does not just "welcome" the new dancers, he collects the stakes that are entrusted to him and personally plays the horses recommended to him by Max, a former convict. But Bramati, Luky's ex-partner, does not forgive Max for overtaking him ...