The preparation, in Hungary, of the assassination in Marseilles of King Alexander of Yugoslavia in 1934.
A chance meeting with an alluring stranger leads a sports journalist down a twisted path of deception.
Serge Menessier has been paid to shoot a reportage on his ex-wife's depression. Now remarried, he has accepted the job to pay his debts and maybe because he is still in love with her, a famous actress whose career he contributed to launch.
