Michele, is homeless and lives at Orly airport. Theo, a mentally handicapped man, works at airport and lives with his Auntie who has been overprotecting. Michele decides to find her son in Lisbon, Theo naively agrees to drive her.

In order to participate with medal options in the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, the national coach of France decides to form a basketball team composed mostly of fake mentally retarded. Once in Australia, the fraudsters must fake their disability by living with the other athletes in the Olympic village or by attending the media in the post-match press conference.