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 birth to their daughter. As a result Eric panics... Having lost all his bearings, Eric Bishop soliloquizes in front of a 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, a postman in Manchester, is going through a rough patch. Right under his nose, his two stepsons excel in petty crimes of all kinds, his daughter reproaches him for not being up to the task, and his love life is a desert. Despite the cheerful friendship and good humor of his fellow postmen, who do everything to make him smile again, nothing works... One evening, Eric addresses his idol, who seems to be watching him with a mischievous eye from a poster on his bedroom wall. What would the greatest Manchester United player do in his place? Eric is convinced that King Cantona can help him get his life back on track...