Joyel Daggle has abandoned her family and set out on the open road, complete with a false identity to ward off the mysterious cigarette-smoking man she thinks is pursuing her Her husband Raoul and 11-year-old daughter Juliette spend months following her Along the way, they meet various eccentric characters including a priest who has fallen from heaven, a pope who keeps apologizing for the sins of the Church, Olga the kickboxer and even God