The film starts in the 13th arrondissement of Paris in 1984. Robert Pinot is a police officer as ordinary as clumsy. One day, he stops a certain Josyane, a young drug addict who is also doubled as a pickpocket, nicknamed
Marche Ă l'ombre
I'm for the Hippopotamus
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
Monsieur Batignole