A school teacher falls in love with a stripper/singer. He even leaves his wife and children for her. He soon spends a lot of time at the club where he works part-time as the M.C.. But the owner, a mobster, interferes in the relationship which brings fear and violence into the game.

Lors d'une soirée entre collègues au Solid Gold, Réal, employé de bureau sans histoire, tombe follement amoureux de la belle Angie, la danseuse de la place. Elle deviendra pour lui, la principale motivation de sa nouvelle vie, celle de stand-up comique adulé. Réal est enfin sûr de lui et peut se tenir debout devant Carbone, le patron de la mafia locale.