Deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with devastating news: he's just killed Serrano, a racketeer with powerful connections. Serrano had incriminating evidence of Dubaye's corrupt dealings and was about to use it against him. Xavier agrees to cover up for Philippe, but soon faces a web of deceit as everyone from influential officials to dubious go-betweens and the police are after the incriminating documents, willing to do whatever it takes to get them.
Death of a Corrupt Man
Philippe Dubaye, a deputy, stuns his friend Xavier Maréchal by confessing to having just murdered Serrano, a notorious racketeer with ties to corrupt government officials.