A true story of Samy, native of La Courneuve, who is out of love for Nadia, decides to climb Mount Everest.
Rich hotel owner hires director to create 18th-century village set, drugs and kidnaps spoiled son, leaving him to believe he time-traveled as punishment, hoping to teach humility by living as a peasant under surveillance.
Patrick is a tenacious lawyer specializing in environmental law. France is a schoolteacher who becomes an activist after her husband develops cancer from exposure to a pesticide. Mathias is an ambitious lobbyist working for an international chemical corporation. The paths of these characters collide as the lives of thousands are affected by a tragic act that sparks a powerful movement while the corporation fights to prevent the truth from being revealed.
