After his protégé is killed during an unauthorized intervention, Major Mallory has now only one goal: to find his killers. However, he will have to compromise with the young Captain Lindberg sent from Paris to supervise the investigation.
Acting
Philippe Caroit's world-weary gravitas vs. Portail's crisp Parisian energy
Writing
Tight 88-minute structure that doesn't overstay its welcome
Director
François Guérin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is actually the pilot for a proposed series that never materialized, explaining the unresolved tension between procedural and character study.
The Paris/province tension here mirrors real 2010s French policing reforms that centralized investigative control.
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