In a distant past, Léon and Elvira, itinerant artists, make a living hopping from town to town. In Covarronca, harassed by the Commissioner, they are forced to spend the night out in the open. That’s when they meet Stubbs, a Cambridge student, with whom they find shelter in the home of a painter at odds with his wife. Meanwhile, a curse sends them into the 21st century, where the future of social security and of a rock band are at stake.