1815. Twenty six years after the start of the French Revolution, lesbianism is still illegal in France. Factory worker Anne Muffaway is the latest to be locked away for loving a woman. Enter kindly Jean Jackman who helps the dying lesbian by rescuing her adopted daughter, Courgette, from the clutches of her evil guardians, Borat and Bonham Carter, evades capture by tone deaf policeman Inspector Crowe, and then teams up with brave gay rights rebels to storm the jail and free the lezzers - turning them from miserable lesbians to happy ones.