Marc Barbé is an actor who appeared in "The Tunnel," "The Three Musketeers - Milady," and "La vie en rose."
When the Paris police's vice squad, on the orders of Police Chief Lépine, begins to clear prostitutes from the city's streets, a man's body is found in the Bois de Boulogne. Inspector Antoine Jouin is entrusted with the investigation.
In 1899, the Republic is on the verge of explosion. When the corpse of an unknown woman is found in the Seine, an ambitious young inspector is propelled into the heart of a criminal investigation which will reveal a heavy state secret.