Just out of jail, crumpled English archaeologist Arthur reconnects with his wayward crew of accomplices, a happy-go-lucky collective of grave-robbers who survive by looting Etruscan tombs and fencing the ancient treasures they dig up. While his friends use his unusual gift to get rich, Arthur searches for a way into the underworld in hopes of seeing his lost love again. Each of them pursues their own chimera, but not everyone succeeds in finding it.