Raymond (Bernard Blancan) is a very lonely peasant who lives so detached from the world that the peasants of the village nearby his family house consider him as dead for more than 30 years. None sees him but people know he is around and, as all secretly reproach themselves to not have helped the young Raymond after his all family death before he disappeared, they consider the family house as haunted by Raymonds ghost.When Frédéric (Antoine Chappey), Caroline (Lucia Sanchez) and their children come from the city to install themselves in the countryside, they know nothing about these villages tells and find in Raymonds family house a rare opportunity.

C’est un conte… La ferme de Raymond est vendue, mais il n’entend pas partir de chez lui. Il se cache dans la cour au fond du puits. De là, il observe les nouveaux venus dans sa propre maison. Il essaie secrètement de partager la vie familiale dont il est exclu. On ne voit jamais Raymond, mais on devine sa présence. Il passe pour un fantôme. Ce qui donne lieu à un certain nombre de malentendus, et même à toute une comédie…