Plot Summary:A defrocked priest, Adolphe Eloi, and his mistress, Berthe Granjeux, who will call themselves Holy Father and Holy Mother set themselves up as the leaders of a religious sect.
Naive villagers find themselves duped by a pair of con artists who sweep into town proclaiming themselves "Holy Father" and "Holy Mother." Soon the pair of cons are making out like the bandits that they are, as the villagers hand over their money and their lands.