Michel Canard buys a second-hand jacket at the flea market. In its pocket, he discovers a box of pills. He swallows one — and immediately becomes a celebrity. Not an artist, not an actor, not a singer, just a celebrity.
Fans chase him down the street, and he can get into any nightclub he wants. But each pill only lasts a limited time before wearing off… Michel is about to discover all the advantages and disadvantages of that 21st-century Holy Grail: becoming one of the Beautiful People.