Mr Bean begins work as a caretaker at the posh Royal National Gallery. His bosses are continually looking for an excuse to fire him but cannot because the chairman of the gallery likes Bean. They come up with a plan to get rid of him by sending him to a small Los Angeles art gallery instead, however that doesn't keep him out of danger, the plan backfires when Bean is asked to officiate at the opening of one of the world's most famous pictures.

Mr Bean is heading to the South of France for a simple holiday in the sun. His voyage from London to the Riviera soon transcends into one of mischief and mayhem as he inadvertently creates havoc wherever he goes culminating in an unscheduled and riotous screening of his own video diary at the Cannes Film Festival.