两个爱挖苦人的年轻人遭到退学的处分，无所事事，到处招摇撞骗，目的只是为了到巴黎过豪华奢侈的生活。Mouri在一家屠宰场工作，他在自己的摩托车的手把上安装了两只公牛角。Anta，他的女伴，从事政治工作。这两个好朋友骑车四处闲逛和路人搭讪，他们认为，凡是法国来的莫不是“白种女人和性病”。他们假造证据，诬陷一个迷恋Mouri的有钱胖子。后来两人全身脱得精光，赤裸裸地坐在胖子的车中，高举拳头，发表嘲讽性的政治演说……Mory, a cowherd who rides a motorcycle mounted with a cow's skull, and Anta, a university student, have met in Dakar, Senegal's capital. Alienated and disaffected with Senegal and Africa, they long to go to Paris and work up different con schemes to raise the money. Mory steals clothing and money from a wealthy gay man who had brought him home, and he and Anta book passage on a ship to France.