馬裏奧·卡瓦拉羅是一位剛滿五十歲的米蘭人。一天,塞內加爾襪子商Oba帶着他的商品出現在馬裏奧的襪子店門前。爲了消除危機,馬裏奧決定綁架歐巴,只是爲了送他回家。奧巴同意他的“驅逐出境”,條件是馬裏奧也陪他的妹妹達利達回家。對馬裏奧來說太糟糕了,因爲她實際上是歐巴的未婚妻——他們兩人決定利用這個瘋子來獲得免費回家的機會。可一旦啓程,情愫交織,一切都會回到原點嗎?
Liberal politician Gerben Kooistra becomes deputy Mayor of a small village. He is assigned to stay low profile while solving a ‘private problem’. Soon he discovers that the seemingly boring border-village is a hub for drug smugglers, led by hardened criminal Toontje van Wanrooy.