Léonce Corne

After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.

Alexandre, a young and honest farmer under the yoke of an authoritarian wife, works around the clock in the fields. When she dies in a car accident, it's a holiday for Alexandre.

The story takes place in the racecourses around Paris. A so-called major sells his tips to naive characters.

The problem of the reasonableness of capital punishment.