Lazarillo (Enrico Montesano) and Guzman (Giancarlo Giannini) tell each other the sad stories of their childhood while chained together as galley slaves in this black comedy. The duo is freed during a mutiny but are tossed overboard when they back the wrong side. Guzman becomes the employee of an impoverished baron (Vittorio Gassman) while Lazarillo joins up with a traveling theater company and begins to seduce nuns with his impersonation of San Sebastian.