In Paris, Ali lives with his partner Eric. They're happy. But one day, Ali receives a phone call from his sister who warns him that their mother had a stroke. Ali decides to return to Besançon, his hometown. But he dreads the trip because, five years earlier, he was rejected by his parents and those around him who could not accept his homosexuality.
Detective Sam Spade is pulled out of his tranquil retirement in France to investigate a series of brutal murders.
