Mario Cavallaro is a Milanese who has just turned fifty. One day, Oba, a Senegalese sock vendor, appearing with his wares right in front of Mario’s hosiery shop. In order to put things back, Mario decides to kidnap Oba simply to send him back home. Oba consents to his “deportation” under the condition that Mario also accompany his sister, Dalida, back home. Too bad for Mario is that she is actual Oba’s fiancée – and that the two of them have decided to use this crazy man to secure a free trip home. But once the trip begins, sentiments mingle, will everything go back where it belongs?

　　电影《黄花梁上的灰猴们》讲述了一个荒诞离奇的犯罪型喜剧故事。影片通过一件“古陶坛子”为 引子，从而引出了一系列形形色色的人物：大智若愚的小饭店老板、见利忘义的无良商人、深明大义的老者、利欲熏心的小人、善良淳朴的朴实女孩、拜金风骚的妙龄女郎。种种风格迥异的角色加之各种棘手的麻烦事件，与“古陶坛子”这个主线巧妙结合在一起。张璞导演选择多角度的叙述手法，让故事情节环环相扣，先将悬疑抛出，再把线索一点一点如抽丝剥茧般呈现给观众，耐人寻味。

　　阳光明媚的大阪府堺市，在业内名声不佳的古董商人小池则夫（中井贵一 饰）带着女儿真里（森川葵 饰）驱车穿梭在大街小巷之中。他按照命运的指点找到一户人家，与主人洽谈家藏古董的收购事宜。在一堆仿制品中，小池意外发现茶道大家千利休死前赠与他人并且在史册中没有任何记录的梦幻珍品。小池喜出望外，同时按捺激动的情绪，准备捡漏，却没曾想落入了穷困潦倒的陶艺师野田佐辅（佐佐木藏之介 饰）设下的古董局。正所谓不打不相识，这两个命运有着些许相似的男人一拍即合，决定联手杜撰利休的绝命珍品大赚一笔。
　　他们不仅要施展自己的才华，更要向混迹古董界的蝇营狗苟之徒发起挑战……