Eric Bishop, a middle-aged postman working for the Manchester sorting office, is going through a dreadful crisis. For starters, his second life companion has not resurfaced although she was released from prison a few months ago. He is left alone with two stepsons to look after, which is no bed of roses since the two teens disrespect him and keep disobeying him. To make matters worse, Ryan, the older boy, fascinated by Zac, a dangerous gangster, has accepted to hide his gun in Eric's house. On the other hand, he is asked by Sam, his student daughter who has a newborn baby, to get back in touch with Lily, his separated wife. Now, Eric left her not long after she gave back to their daughter. As a result Eric panics... Having lost all his bearings, Eric Bishop soliloquizes face to the poster of his idol, another Eric, French footballer Eric Cantona, when the latter appears just like the genie out of Aladdin's lamp. Through a series of aphorisms peculiar to him, the footballer-philosopher will help remorse-ridden desperate Eric Bishop to get by.

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Eric Bishop, postman in Manchester, is going through a bad patch. Under his nose, his two beautiful sons excel in petty dealings of all kinds, his daughter reproaches him for not being up to the task and his sentimental life is a desert. Despite the joyful friendship and the good humor of his fellow postal workers who do everything to make him smile, nothing helps... One evening, Eric speaks to his idol who, from the poster on the wall of his room seems observe it with a mischievous eye. What would Manchester United's greatest player do in his place? Eric is convinced, the King Cantona can help him get his life back together...