Carlo Ercole, master of Italian cinema, asks his assistants to leave immediately for the Central African jungle to find some pygmies, "the incarnation of life", for the film he plans to shoot in Paris. Barely prepared for such an adventure, Marc and Olivier find themselves thrown into the maelstrom of a major African city. With the help of their beautiful guide, Désirée, they finally reach the equatorial jungle, heading for a pygmy utopia...