Two young delinquents run away from a reformatory, across France with a front-wheel drive (Citroën) and live on thefts made here and there in a very crazy way...the police are on their heels, love for one of them is on their way, but so is...
Pierrot le "dingue" a pris Boris sous sa protection. Tous deux s'évadent de leur centre de redressement. Ils vivent d'expédients, en "braquant" les caisses d'épargne (et de prévoyance) de Normandie, en Savoie, en passant par la Provence...