 François Pignon, a very bland sort of man who works as an accountant in a rubber factory, is about to be fired. His new neighbour comes up with an idea to prevent such a thing to happen: he spreads the rumor that he s gay so that the factory management might be afraid they ll be sued for sexual discrimination. Of course, nothing happens as it should, but the changes in François Pignon s life -and other people s too- is drastic !