Jean Tube (in his forties) is the only butcher in the village of Couillu les 2 Eglises. One evening, during a séance, a woman bursts into his life. Marbie, who admits to being in her forties, is a local artist with a temperament brimming with authenticity and naivety. In short, she caught the eye of the cattle producer, who was convinced he could fulfill his role as a talent scout by propelling his "filly" into showbiz. Of course, the man is aware that he mustn't put the cart before the horse and promises Marbie that he will soon take her away in his carriage, under the starry sky of the Cannes Film Festival.

The husbands set out in search of their wives, who have been kidnapped by Doctor Loiseau and his accomplices. The latter is hiding in a secret hideout. Still assisted by Irene the hunchback, the charlatan doctor leads a team of workers tasked with producing bottles of the precious miracle elixir 'Force Unie'.

Denounced by a rival doctor, Dr. Loiseau is once again being pursued by the husbands of the women he kidnapped. He therefore instructs his son Victor to honor his appointments. Victor must meet Emir Azmir Krabouk, a criminal specializing in white slavery, on a sailboat. Jacques Ladrier, one of the husbands and a wealthy oil industrialist, is about to marry Angèle Jaucaut, his newly freed fiancée. Dr. Loiseau takes advantage of the ceremony to kidnap a few more women...