Daniel Jégou

A well-known business lawyer is shot dead in the courthouse. A commissioner of the Criminal Brigade is in charge of the investigation and is helped by a journalist.

Lucien Sabatier is a police inspector. One night, while he is on his round, he retrieves a young girl ejected from a car. This meeting with Aline, a 17-year-old orphan, will be decisive for the rest of her life.