Antoine Carco, the proprietor of a seedy Parisian night club, travels to Hong Kong to honour the dying wishes of an old friend. He agrees to take his friend’s young son, Bao, back to France to stay with his mother, but is more interested in is friend’s $40 million legacy. Realising that he has become the target of Chinese gangsters, Carco puts Bao in the care of Father Hervé Tarain, a priest who is heading back to France with a mountain of suitcases and children.
Back in Paris, Carco and Tarain are haunted by their guardian angels, who seem determined to change their lives for the worse...