Cinephile slackers Franz and Arthur spend their days while chasing the Odile, mimicking the antiheroes of both Westerns and Hollywood noirs. The misfit trio upends tradition at every turn, be it through dances in cafés or frolicsome romps. Eventuallytheir romantic opinion of outlaws compels them to organize their heist, but their inexperience can send out them in a blaze of glory -- that might be precisely what they want.