Mort Shuman

A thirteen-year-old girl, who lives with her absentee father, befriends a disabled teenage amateur magician and invites him, gradually, into her tenuous struggle against a predatory local neighbor.

The kidnappers of a variety presenter, Patrice Rengain, demand a ransom of a billion cents. To collect the sum, the director of the chain decides to organize a huge quest, as for a great humanitarian cause.