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WOMAN SCREAMS

GASPING

GASPS

STRUGGLING - No!

HE GRUNTS

THEY LAUGH

I almost won, I almost made it to the tower!

- Next time, I'll give you a head start.

- I won't let you catch up with me!

- In your dreams!

- Have you ever done it near Roman ruins?

- No, but I'm not against a particular history lesson.

SIGHING

(Wait!)

You hurt me with your hand. - What hand? What do you mean?

- Wait! Take out your mobile. - Now is not the time!

- There's something.

What is this?

SHE SCREAMS

Give me that.

Oh my god!

BÉA: What the hell is she doing? Unbelievable.

Too bad, I'm going.

Captain Pernetti!

- Charly...

- I'm going to miss you when you retire.

- When it's your turn fewer will get nauseated.

- Yeah, don't worry about me, I'm looking forward to it.

- Original. What is it, in your opinion?

A game gone wrong?

- That's not an imitation.

It's a real one.

- An antique.

MALIK: I spoke to the young people who found the body.

Well, you took a while after I called. They're still in shock.

Last night coming from the party they climbed the park gate

at 5 am. - All right. Introduce us?

Handsome guy.

Can we identify him?

- He had nothing on him, no ID, no phone.

But I sent his prints to the lab to see if he's on file.

- Time of death?

- According to the opacity of the cornea,

I would say 10 pm, midnight.

- Anything else? - No.

- Aren't we waiting for your replacement? - Excuse me?

We'll start without her. Maybe that will make her get here.

MOBILE RINGING

. . .

- Stop calling me, or I'll file a harassment complaint!

Good morning, Capt Alix Madrigal, Nîmes Judicial Police.

- Go for it. - Thanks!

Oh fuck, okay...

Good morning. Alix Madrigal. Sorry, I dropped my son off.

It was his first day at a new school.

- Sorry,

we started without you, it was important.

- Malik. Welcome to the team.

- Thanks. Delighted.

- Say, It’s windy, eh! That...

'COL NEM'?

What does that mean?

Did I say something stupid?

'Colonia Nemausensis.'

'The colony of Nîmes.' This is the city's motto,

in homage to the time when Nîmes was under Roman domination

as well as the victory over Egypt.

hence the crocodile chained to the palm tree on the city's coats of arms.

- All right.

Do you love history? - No, not at all.

I'm just interested in the city where I work.

MOBILE RINGS - Hello?

Yes?

Ah OK.

OK thanks. It was the lab.

The prints didn't turn up anything.

- It's Xantus, the king of gladiators.

I got this on my windshield this morning.

- Ah well, yes.

There, we move forward.

- 'Make a date with history and

come discover Xantus, celebrated gladiator.'

'Exceptional show at Nîmes Amphitheatre.'

Is that the famous Spartacus? - It's not the same era.

Spartacus was a slave, and Xantus a mercenary.

One was fighting to survive

and the other to make money. This is neither.

- It's not the same costume, it's not the same actor.

There's no scar there, on the forearm.

- Radius fracture.

Well done.

- Well, there you go. We are moving forward.

CHARLY: Gentlemen, he's yours.

- We're going to the amphitheatre. - I can drop you off.

- You're a good kid, but we're going to take my car,

we've wasted enough time as it is.

- I'll bring your car back. - Is she always this nice?

- No, no. - Ah, that’s reassuring.

- (Sometimes she's worse.)

- (Great.) It'll be nice.

The advantage, when it

blows like this, it's clear.

There's the sun.

But it's cold.

I studied one of your cases at school: the fake postman.

I was impressed with the way you arrested the guy,

when everyone had been trying for years.

Kudos!

For retirement, do you have plans or desires?

Maybe travel, right?

- What happened in Paris

for you to jump on this job?

- And you, what happened to make you

refuse your promotion to Antibes?

It's green.

ESTELLE: We have more reservations than expected,

we need the first 3 rows.

VICTORIA: We talked about it yesterday,

they're under construction.

ESTELLE VICTORIA

ESTELLE: No! VICTORIA: We've already talked about it.

ESTELLE: Hold on, the show is in 4 days.

We can work things out.

- It's not possible!

BENOÎT

- Make an effort.

- Capt Pernetti, Capt Madrigal, Nîmes PJ.

- Estelle Vargas.

I produce 'Xantus' with my husband. Why?

Is there a problem? - We have questions.

Do you have a minute? - Yes.

- Was there a costume theft?

- No, why?

- We found a dead gladiator at the base of Magne Tower.

He was wearing one of your suits.

- It’s Samuel.

He's my husband.

With Samuel, we had the same passion for history.

We loved the reenactments.

- It was your...

- Why was he in a suit last night?

- The actor who was to play Xantus got hurt.

As Samuel had been a wrestler,

he decided to replace him.

It was that or we canceled.

How did he die?

- A sword was stuck in his stomach. A gladiator sword.

- Do you use real weapons in your shows?

- No, all our weapons are fake.

- Your husband had enemies, any problems?

- No.

- You weren't surprised that he didn't come home last night?

- He moved to a hotel.

Things were no longer going well between us.

We were getting divorced.

Which hotel?

- I don't know.

Our relationship was limited to the show.

- Excuse me for asking you the question, but it's procedure.

Where were you last night?

- At home.

- Alone? - Yes, I...

I went to bed early.

- The actor who was to play Xantus

was injured how?

- He broke his wrist falling on the track.

- How did he do that? Is he training with anyone?

- Uh... with Samuel.

- Ah.

So it's because of your husband that he lost his role?

- Yes. - His name?

- Noah Larcher.

- It's high, isn't it?

- Please?

Do you have a second?

We have some questions to ask you about Samuel Vargas.

- Of course. - Yes.

- Did something happen?

- He was found dead, murdered. BENOÎT: What?

- Did you know him well? - Yes, a little,

we studied history together.

We hadn't seen each other since we finished our studies.

We met again recently.

- Do you work here every day? - Yes,

for several years, given the scale of the renovation.

Victoria Dorival, Benoît Rouvière. We're restorers.

- Were you there at the time of the

incident between Noah and Samuel?

- You told me about it.

- I was there.

They were both downstairs, and suddenly Samuel

charged at Noah as if he wanted to kill him.

It was super violent.

Fortunately the other actors intervened.

- Do you know why he did that? - No.

Noah left insulting Samuel. He was furious.

- To the point of wanting to attack him afterwards?

- That, I don't know.

We had a discussion at the start of rehearsals with Noah.

He said that Xantus was the role that could change his life.

He works on a ranch the rest of the time.

- Thank you for your help.

If something comes back to you, don't hesitate.

- Thanks. - Thanks.

- Excuse me. - Yes?

You wouldn't have a link with Zoé Pernetti?

- She's my daughter.

- I thought there was a family resemblance.

I was with her in high school. Will you say hello to her for me?

- She died

3 years ago.

- Sorry, I didn't know.

I've not been in Nîmes in recent years.

I'm sorry. Pardon.

- I'm sorry about your daughter. - Thanks.

- Hello.

- Hello.

Do you know Noah Larcher? - Yes, of course.

Where can I find him?

He's down there.

- Thanks. - Thanks.

- Noah Larcher?

- Yes.

- Can you come down?

We have questions to ask you.

- What do you want from my son? BÉA: Easy, cowboy!

We just want to talk to him.

Do you know Samuel Vargas?

He was killed. Last night.

- He hurt you intentionally. Why?

- I don't know anything about it. He went crazy right away.

- What were you doing between 10 pm and midnight?

- I was here, with my father. We drank beers.

- It's true.

I confirm.

- What if you stopped making fun of us?

So?

- Tell the truth, son.

- Shut up, dad.

- Tell them or I will!

- Well, OK, I was at a karaoke night in a bar.

- It's not a crime. And with whom?

- Come on.

- Estelle Vargas. - Well, there you go.

Ms Vargas, why did you lie to us about your alibi?

Don't you want to know who killed your husband?

- Yes, but...

I didn't want to involve Noah.

He was like my lifeline.

He helped me gain self- confidence.

After my separation from Samuel, I was in pieces.

It's not easy, to leave someone like Samuel.

He liked to dominate, he wanted

to control and decide everything.

He left little room for others.

- This sword belonged to your husband.

That's what he attacked him with in training.

You said your weapons are fake. - It's the truth.

- Where did this sword come from?

- Samuel was passionate about ancient Rome.

He collected period objects.

- You can't find it at the second- hand dealer.

Where did he find it?

- He never admitted it, but

I know that some items were stolen.

- And these objects are still in your home?

- No, he took everything.

- Who was he dealing with?

Who did he buy these items from?

You hear a name, a place, anything that would help us?

- Sorry.

- Ah, captain.

Vargas' cell phone hasn't been found.

It last pinged at 11:04 pm at Magne Tower.

The initial case findings. - Contact the operator for the logs.

I want to know who he was dealing with.

- Yes.

- I parked it in the lot. - Thank you, Malik.

- What the hell is this? What's going on here?

- Sorry. I don't really know. It's my first day.

- Well, for a first day, this

one will go down in history.

- I was asked to put these things here. - All right, it's fine.

Go on, scoot!

- You can keep your desk if you want.

- They could have waited until the end of the week.

But apparently it's yours, go ahead.

- Thanks.

- My daughter.

She was going to take the lieutenant's exam.

She was training for the New York marathon.

She was hit by a car while jogging.

It was during the Feria.* We never found the driver.

* FESTIVAL LINKED TO PENTECOST

Come on, to work.

KNOCKS NIVART: Good morning.

ALIX: Good morning. - Hi. I'm Commissioner Nivart.

Welcome to Nîmes.

- Thank you, Commissioner.

- I just spoke to Forensics. The murder weapon is an authentic

Roman sword from the 2nd century AD.

It was stolen from a museum a year ago.

- Vargas often purchased

stolen items for his art collection.

- If he was killed with this sword, perhaps it’s a message,

a settling of scores.

We don't just come across altar boys in this environment.

- What does this have to do

with Rome's victory over Egypt?

- The history of domination.

Vargas loved to dominate. We have to dig into that side.

- As if the killer had wanted to free himself from Vargas' domination?

- The dominant dominated.

LANDLINE RINGS

The phone comes with the desk.

. . . - (All right.)

Hello?

No, it's Capt Madrigal.

Yes, her replacement.

Wait, I'll put you on speaker.

(It's the coroner. Which one do I press...)

- So ladies, I have good news and bad news.

Which one do you prefer? - The good one.

- The only prints found on the sword belong to Samuel Vargas.

His killer wore gloves.

- Is that your good news? - And the bad one?

- There's a 2nd person's blood on the body.

- What? - The blood is near the wound.

- Have you identified it?

- I checked the police genetic database.

No matches.

- As if the killer had injured himself before stabbing Vargas?

- Or we have a second victim.

- Wait, Leo. Look: 'Medi- terr- anean.'

"Terre," two Rs...

But only one N, only one there. So...

Fix that.

- Hey!

- Ah!

- Are you okay, darling? ALIX LAUGHS

Sorry to bother you.

How are you? Was school good?

Yes? Great.

He asks me if I've arrested any bad guys.

Not yet, but wait. Soon!

Thanks for getting him. - Neighbors must help each other.

- It's true. - And then...

there is quite a construction site. - Yes, it's,

it's a mess. - Yeah...

- Daddy is coming soon?

- Uh... There's no dad.

Shall I take you back? - Don't hesitate,

if there's anything I can do. - That's nice.

- It will make me happy.

Good luck. - Thanks.

- See you soon. - Thanks. Bye.

- It's been 3 years, captain.

The chances of finding the driver are almost zero.

- Yes, but I would like the file

to remain open, even after I leave.

The car will eventually reappear.

- Well, I'll see, but I won't promise you anything.

- Thank you, Judge. Thank you.

He'll close the case, that's for sure.

Maybe I could stay a little longer to...

If you give me an exception, I can continue looking.

- Béa. There'll be no exception.

Your replacement is already here. You have to retire.

You did your best, but you've reached the end.

The start of the license number and

car color aren't enough to find it.

It's a grain of sand in the desert.

You have to stop. You have to think about yourself now.

You must think of Hervé too.

You need to rebuild yourselves.

- The most difficult is

accepting that... I'll never know.

- It's been a long day. - Hm.

- You should go back.

- Okay.

- (Come on...)

MOBILE RINGING

2ND BLOOD

- Good morning, Béa. - Good morning.

- I called area hospitals. No trace of wounds by swords in the region.

- Shit!

- But I found where Vargas lived.

A room in Nîmes. Here's the address.

- Awesome.

- Good morning! I didn't know if you took tea or coffee. I got both.

- Neither. Let's move.

- It was nothing!

- (I like both. Thank you.)

- Welcome, ladies, follow me.

Mr Vargas was a very discreet person.

We never had any problems with him.

He had already paid us for the first two months.

And he asked us not to do housekeeping.

Oh yes...

- Thanks. That will be all.

- Thanks. - You're welcome.

- Yeah, it's a mess.

MOBILE VIBRATES

. . .

. . .

ANSWER ME! I HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONTACT MY SON!

- A problem?

- Not at all

- Here, well...

Interesting.

- Nice.

- 'EC'?

- 'EC'...

Well...

- Okay...

- Oh...

She whistles.

Click.

Oh yes...

Hmm...

- Oh yes.

Well, we need reinforcements.

Malik? We need help.

FAINTLY I'll send you the address.

SIREN

Okay. Very well. Thanks.

All the art objects were indeed stolen.

- The records in the boxes yielded nothing,

no fingerprints recorded. - And you, the phone data?

- Vargas called a number an hour before his death,

but to a prepaid card. Impossible to ID the owner.

- And the computer?

- He was in encrypted contact with traffickers.

It's going to take weeks.

However,

his email was not encrypted.

Vargas wrote to Walter Castelnau, whom

he consulted before each purchase.

- Where is this Castelnau?

- At the University of Nîmes. Archeology professor.

- Come on.

Thanks, Malik. - Don't mention it.

WALTER: You are doubly lucky to

be in this amphitheatre today.

You have the privilege of taking my tutorial.

Many students dream of being in your shoes. Next...

you all have something in common

with a Roman gladiator. Which one do you think?

They too were students.

Yes, there were schools

to become a gladiator.

They were a little different from today.

At the time, they looked more like a prison.

Is this still the case? THEY LAUGH

Gladiators lived in cells.

They only went out to train.

They had to fight their comrades to be the best,

to be able to compete in the biggest fights.

Like when you take a midterm

LAUGHS

DOOR OPENS

There's another thing the gladiators,

and some of you, have in common.

Analysis of their bones suggests

that they followed a vegetarian diet. Yes, even then

they paid attention to their health. LAUGHS

Questions?

- (What are you doing?) - Er... yes?

A question from our surprise guests.

- What do you think of the gladiator Xantus?

- He is an important character in the history of gladiators.

If he existed today, he

would be a hit on Instagram. LAUGHS

- Very funny. For the moment, he is a hit in

the obituary section of the Nîmes PJ.

BELL RINGS

ARCHEOLOGY AND HERITAGE DEPT.

Mr Castelnau, what was your relationship with Samuel Vargas?

Hmm?

You put him in contact with art traffickers.

- No. He asked me my opinion on objects.

Samuel was my former student.

He was like my son.

He was a shy boy, and I made him a man.

- A father stops his son from doing stupid things.

- I told him to stop, but he was passionate.

I wasn't going to blame him for liking archaeology, right?

- Question of point of view.

- What were you doing on Sunday? between 10 p.m. and midnight?

- I was at a restaurant in Paris with friends.

I was giving a lecture Monday morning,

at the Institute of Art and Archeology.

- We'll check.

When was the last time you saw Mr. Vargas?

- Here, Friday evening.

There was a party for alumni.

- What is this medal?

- The university has a Greco-Roman wrestling team.

I'm the coach.

12 years ago, we were champions of France.

The town hall had a reception to congratulate us.

- Vargas was part of the team?

- Yes.

He was the captain.

MOTIVES COLONY OF NIMES ART TRAFFICKING

DOMINATION WRESTLING TEAM

- We may have missed the trail of art trafficking.

- How so?

- The 'Col Nem' signature on the corpse,

and now the medal. It's not by chance.

- Castelnau took a train to Paris on Sunday,

and he gave his conference on Monday. It's not him.

- It's not the teacher, but

it may have something to do with the wrestling team.

Vargas was captain, he may have had a problem with a player.

- Who would have taken revenge?

- It would go with your theory: dominant- dominated.

- Why did you wait so long?

There is a trigger. - They all received a medal.

- 'Col Nem' may have become a code between them.

- Malik, find us the list of players.

- Okay, I'll take care of it.

- Sorry, excuse me.

Good morning.

We saw each other yesterday.

I found something I think might help you.

I found this while classifying construction site photos.

Look at this one here. And there. - Yeah.

- It was Saturday. - Vargas doesn't look happy.

- Have you seen this woman before? - No. But the amphitheatre is open

to the public during the work. She could be a tourist, for example.

- A tourist, that would surprise me.

Will you send us the photos? - Yes of course.

- Okay. - I'll see you out.

- Thanks.

- Thank you for your help. - You're welcome. No worries.

- We could go have a coffee, one of these days.

You probably know things about my daughter that I don't...

Never mind. - No no! Yes, with pleasure.

Really? - Yes, it'd be a great pleasure.

I'm available this evening. - Tremendous.

- All right. - Perfect.

- Are you calling me? - I'll call you.

- See you later. - Thanks so much.

- You're welcome. - Thanks.

- Aren't you hungry?

What's wrong?

SIGHS

- Dad?

ALIX: 'He left'?

'Because of you'?

Why do you say that?

ALIX: 'Not like other kids.'

It has nothing to do with it!

He left, um...

He left before you were born. He wasn't ready to be a dad.

It's not your fault!

ALIX: 'Want to leave?'

Never!

You will have to bear with me until the end!

SHE LAUGHS

SIGHS

BÉA: The high school years weren't...

It was a bit complicated with Zoé.

She needed independence, and I freaked her out a little too much.

- Yes, I see. Well, I guess, in any case.

If she decided to be a cop, she didn’t hold a grudge against you.

- Were you and Zoé close? - Zoé and I weren't in the same class,

but we decided to do the theater option together for our degrees.

There was only one boy in our class, Thibaut Bertin.

We both wanted to go out with him, heh-heh.

And you know how Zoé was when she had something on her mind.

- A little stubborn?

It's hereditary. - Oh yes?

And Zoé had hit on him.

Except he chose me.

But, he would have been better off choosing Zoé.

- Why do you say that?

- After high school, Thibaut and I decided to move in together.

At first everything went well, it was true love.

He was...

He was gentle.

He was nice.

And then... afterwards, he went

back to college, he became nervous.

His classes stressed him out, he put pressure on himself.

We started arguing more and more,

until one day I told him we had to break up.

And then, he jumped from the Pont du Gard.

- I'm sorry.

- His head hit a rock.

He's been in a specialized center ever since. He can no longer move.

He can no longer speak.

He can't do anything anymore,

and I didn't even have the courage to go see him for all these years.

- Hey, hey...

It's not your fault. All right?

You couldn't imagine he would react like that.

Huh? - I don't know. Maybe.

That's why I needed to go far away.

I had sworn to myself never to return to Nîmes.

I was offered the renovation of the amphitheatre.

You know, I thought I couldn't refuse that, I couldn't say no.

And that’s where I met Benoît.

LAUGHS

He proposed to me a month ago.

- Congratulations. - Yes.

I'm a little afraid to recommit.

- Do you know what Zoé said?

She often said, 'Do what speaks to your heart,

not what speaks to your fears.'

LAUGHS

- She said that? - Among other nonsense, yes.

- We're going to toast Zoé this evening.

You want to?

To Zoé.

- To Zoé. CLINK

- Look at- - Hi, Malik!

- Good morning, captain.

- Is Pernetti late? That's not like her.

- It's her daughter's birthday today.

- Ah yes, okay, OK.

I don't know how she manages to hold on.

- Well, I couldn't.

- What exactly happened?

- Zoé was on the wrong side of the road.

She didn't see the car coming from behind her.

The basic rule is simple: you always run facing hazards.

Even me who is bad at sports, I know it.

But it was raining, and there was mud on the side where she was running,

and Zoé had to cross the road.

- (All right.)

Well, I have something to show you.

Two minutes? - Yes, of course.

- Do you remember the red- haired woman who argued with Vargas?

She was at the alumni party.

- How did you find that?

- I thought maybe the players from the

wrestling team had come to the party.

Quite a few photos are on the university website. And...

Bingo.

- Nicely done, Malik.

- Happy birthday, my baby.

Come.

You have as much right as me to be here.

I did all I could to understand what happened.

I failed.

- You need to stop looking. And then-

- And then what?

Must we turn the page?

Retire and enjoy life?

What is life without Zoé?

- I miss her too, you know.

You too.

- I can't.

ALIX: And this red- haired girl, we see her talking to Vargas?

MALIK: So, we see her speaking with Castelnau.

ALIX: Yeah. MALIK: There too.

No interaction between Vargas and our suspect.

- Mmm.

- What'd I miss? - Good morning, captain.

- Good morning.

- The young woman Vargas argued with at the amphitheatre

is a former student at the university. - All right.

- There!

It's Benoît Rouvière, the restorer at the amphitheatre.

- And Victoria's fiancé. - What?

MALIK: The restorer?

SHOW CANCELED

- Take it out here- - Yes yes yes, we do this first,

then we move either to this wing or this one.

- Yes, yes- - Or the other way.

- That's what's urgent. - And then we'll come back there.

- Yes, there next- - Hello!

- Hello? - Hello.

- Do you know this woman?

- Yes. ALIX: You know her?

- Yes, only at the party, it was the first time I saw her.

- But not from class, she's an alumni.

- What'd you talk about?

- I dunno, nothing special.

I didn't even stay long, I found Victoria, we went to the theater.

- Yes, the theater.

- Did she talk about Samuel Vargas? - No.

- You think she has something to do with his death?

- Do you remember her name? - No, but she gave me

her first name, 'Marion.'

BÉA: If we recap,

Friday evening, alumni party.

Saturday afternoon, Vargas

argues with the famous Marion at the amphitheatre.

And Sunday night he was killed.

- I checked the guest list.

There's only one Marion among the alumni, 'Marion Dubois.'

- Find her address. We're going to question her.

- It's going to be complicated. She lives in Australia. Sydney.

And...

she's not a redhead.

- But who's this girl pretending to be Marion?

- What was so important at that party?

- And with whom?

MALIK: Wait.

There's something else. Come see.

I found a video of Marion Dubois on the darknet,

dating from when she was at the University of Nîmes.

- A video of what?

MARION: No, please. Let me go!

MASKED PEOPLE CHANT "POLLICE VERSO"

- That’s enough! It's not funny! "Stop"!

- Okay, stop there! It's not funny!

It’s okay, stop! - What is this?

Let me go! Stop!

- It doesn't make sense.

- "Pollice verso."

- Please stop!

- It means 'Thumbs Down' in Latin. - And 'kill the gladiator'

at the end of fights in the amphitheatre. ALIX: INAUDIBLE

- You're seriously SICK!

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?

HE LAUGHS

"Stop"! Let me go! I didn't see!

SHE WHIMPERS

No! No! SHAVER BUZZES

NO!

CRYING

. . . - When is this video from?

. . . - It was put online in 2009.

- Can you go back to the moment when the gladiator raised his arm?

. . .

. . .

ALIX: Yes, there.

Zoom in on the forearm.

Fractured radius.

- Vargas.

- So, on the one hand we have the real Marion Dubois, who was

hazed by Vargas 15 years ago. - Mm- hmm.

On the other, a fake Marion, who crashed the university party,

and argued with him at the amphitheatre. - Mm- hmm.

What's the link between the two? I don't understand.

Do you think the fake Marion was hazed by Vargas too?

BÉA: Ms Dubois, have you ever seen this woman?

MARION: Yes, I remember her.

Her name is Lucie Debecker, she's a journalist.

- What did she ask you about?

- She's reporting on hazing in universities.

She came across my video.

She wanted to know the name of the person who did that to me.

BÉA: And?

- You've seen the video. He wore a mask.

I never knew who it was. - Did you file a complaint afterward?

- If I had it would've been worse later.

Listen, I don't want to think about all that again, huh?

I have a family now. Why are you asking me all these questions?

- We found the identity of your 'executioner.'

- He was murdered.

- Who was it?

- Samuel Vargas.

- He was the president of the Office Of Students.

Supposedly he took care of his comrades. Good riddance!

- "Mommy"!

- "Wait, honey."

I have to go. Goodbye. BÉA: Thank you.

- If this journalist isn't a former victim of Vargas,

what would have prompted her to kill him?

KNOCKS

BÉA: Come.

- Lucie Debecker, 28, investigative journalist,

specializes in hot topics:

#MeToo; the Yellow Vests.

Oh. She also has a record.

- What was her pattern? - Disturbing public order.

Apparently, when she has a target

she doesn't give up until it gets to court.

- If you have kids, hazing at the University of Nîmes isn't a great selling point.

- I agree.

Likely not something they want to talk about there.

- The last location of his phone—

—a rental house 15 km from Nîmes.

- Let's go.

FLIES BUZZING

MUFFLED ALIX: No, no. That's illegal, no!

(Oh, I don't believe it.)

BÉA: No, it's done, it's fine. ALIX: Ugh!

Oh yeah. - Phew. (Shit.)

FLIES

- It was indeed the blood of Lucie Debecker on the

sword that killed Samuel Vargas.

BÉA: Okay. Do we know when she died?

- She died shortly before him.

- They were killed with the same weapon, which belonged to Vargas.

What does that mean?

That he killed Lucie,

because she knew about the Marion Dubois hazing?

Yeah, it's a little light as a motive.

- Even if it was, that doesn't explain how Vargas

later found himself with his own sword in his stomach.

- What the hell are you doing here? MARTIN: What do you think?

I want to see my son. - No, you're sick.

You can't start that here, you're crazy.

- It's not because you have a meeting to steal my kid?

- What are you talking about?

Nonsense, you didn't recognize him, Leo! You have no rights to him.

- I want to get to know him! Is that possible?

- You didn't want kids! Stay that way,

we're doing fine without you!

- Sir, I'll ask you to calm down, thank you.

- Okay, so are you condoning that? - I don't condone anything.

I don't know your story, but if you don't calm down

I'll have to take you into the station. Clear?

- The station?

Are you afraid that I'll hurt you?

Are you afraid I'll hurt Leo?

The person hurting others is you! You hurt me and you hurt Leo!

- YOU CAN'T SAY THAT!

BÉA: Whoa! Go on, sir, go on!

- It's fine! - It's fine, I'm going!

- It's okay, it's okay, it's okay. Everything's fine.

- Sorry. I'm sorry.

BÉA: That's it. OK?

SOBS

- Phew...

- Thanks. - Come on. Teamwork.

A little coffee? - That's it, yes.

- And a big glass of water. Come on. - Okay.

- Yes, she is nice. We'll see if we can invite her back.

Off to bed, sailor. Come on, hup!

There!

KISSING

Here.

- Thanks.

- It gets cooler in the South in the evening.

I didn't expect that tonight.

But I know it's good too.

- He's great, the little one. - Thanks.

I'm lucky.

CHUCKLES

SIGHS

I got pregnant after 6 months with Martin.

I knew right away that I wanted this baby.

- And not Martin?

- No. - Hm.

- We were young. Frankly... he wasn't ready.

Plus, he wanted to travel around the world.

- Ouch.

LAUGHS

- Later...

I'd rather it happened differently.

But hey...

We agreed. He left.

I kept the child.

- You never saw him again?

- He returned to France two months ago.

He wanted to meet Leo. I don't know, I panicked.

I requested a transfer.

- He doesn't know, about Leo's disability?

I don't want him to come back into our life to leave again immediately.

We're both fine here. It's true, it's nice.

We have our balance.

He's happy.

I was raised by my father alone, everything's fine, I'm...

I'm doing well.

- You made this decision together back then?

The Martin of today, he’s not the same as before.

If he has come this far,

maybe it's because he's finally able to assume his role as a father.

Hmm?

- You should think about it.

It's difficult to live without your child.

- Oh, a catastrophe...

- I'll help you. - I'm you're here, miss,

thank you so much.

- You are welcome. - I'm so frustrated.

CROSSTALK

- I'm clumsy. - No, it happens.

You know... HONK

- Thank you so much. - You're welcome.

- Good day.

MALIK: The basic rule is simple:

you always run facing hazards.

...and Zoé had to cross the road.

- (So...)

'Statement...'

'Witness to hit-and-run, Jeanne Braissant.'

'The victim was hit by the car which was coming behind her.'

'The driver continued on his way.'

(All right.) 'The car was blue.'

((Okay.))

((So...))

('Jeanne'...)

ALIX: Jeanne? Jeanne Braissant? - Good morning.

- Thank you for giving me some of your time. - Oh, thank you.

- Alix Madrigal, Nîmes PJ.

- I don't understand, on the phone you said you were a journalist.

- Eh, no, actually. Can I sit down?

SIGHS

We never found the driver who killed Zoé Pernetti,

so we're starting from scratch.

Can I ask you a few questions?

He's cute! Very cute and smart!

What were you doing on that road? Also running?

- No, I was walking.

- Really. In that weather?

Because it was ugly, it was raining that day.

- Yes, but I missed my bus, I was going to be late for work.

I said all this at the time.

- You work in Nîmes, right? - Yes.

- According to your testimony, you were on the same side as Zoé

when she had her accident, therefore on the right side of the road.

But Zoé must've been on the left side,

if you were going toward Nîmes, for the car to be in front of you.

I say this because Zoé was an experienced runner.

Usually she would never have crossed without a reason.

I run too. I wouldn't have crossed either.

Unless—

—unless there was a problem on the other side of the road.

You're the only witness. - Sorry, I have to go actually.

- Jeanne?

What happened?

- But- it's- it's SOBS

It's... not my fault! - Calm down.

Calm down, I'm not accusing you, I'm trying to understand.

- I didn't do anything to her. I swear to you!

I swear!

I didn't push her, the opposite happened!

It's... - What do you mean?

- My-

my boyfriend had just left me. - All right.

- And I wanted to die!

. . .

Zoé ran past. She saw that I wasn't feeling well.

She crossed to come and help me, but I was too...

I was really hurting.

There, there was a car coming,

I threw myself at it, and . . .

and Zoé jumped to push me,

and she was the one who... . . .

. . .

- Why did you lie? - It wasn't my fault!

I was in shock, so the police waited to question me.

When I...

finally...

When I got to the police station, I learned...

that Zoé was a police officer and that...

everyone knew her.

And then there was her mother.

And I...

I was scared, well, I didn't dare say it was my fault!

GASPING

- And the driver?

I didn't have time to see anything,

I said a random color.

And I made up part of the license.

But I blame myself so much!

I can't make up for what I did!

- Yes, you can.

- Watch it, you're late!

ALIX: Yes, sorry, I'm sorry.

- I had a colleague of Lucie Debecker on the phone.

She was a victim of hazing while in school.

That's why the subject interested her.

Is there a problem?

- No, no.

MALIK: We found signs of a break-in at Lucie's house.

The killer came through the garage, there were fingerprints. Vargas's.

- Good.

- Did he steal something?

- Lucie's phone and computer have disappeared. But—

—he missed this. It was taped under the couch.

Lucie was tracking the movements of Vargas and Castelnau.

BÉA: Okay.

- Then there's this.

The tourist jewel of our region.

- She wasn't there to sightsee.

ALIX: What was she looking for?

- We have a video from Saturday morning,

the day after the university party.

- I'm at the University of Nîmes. It's almost the first day of classes,

and I'm waiting for Walter Castelnau to ask him questions.

Ah, there he is.

Mr Castelnau?

what do you think about hazing in universities?

- And you are? - Lucie Debecker, independent journalist.

So, hazing?

- Listen, it's intolerable and has been illegal for 25 years.

LUCIE: Yes, it doesn't prevent backsliding.

The name 'Marion Dubois,' does that mean anything?

- No, sorry! LUCIE: She was one of your students.

She had her head shaved. That's hard to forget, right?

- I don't control what happens outside of my classes.

Now if you'll excuse me,

my students are waiting for me. LUCIE: And Thibaut Bertin?

He was on the wrestling team you coached,

I suppose that name means nothing too?

- Leave me alone or you'll regret it. Is that clear?

- Okay, he threatened her, but it's not him who killed her,

since he was in Paris for his conference.

He still has something to regret, right?

Are you all right?

- 'Thibaut Bertin.' - Yes?

- Victoria told me he was her childhood sweetheart.

ALIX: And? BÉA: And...

he attempted suicide about 10 years ago.

At the Pont du Gard.

GUARD: Yes, this journalist came last week

to find out if there was hazing on the bridge.

- And?

Hazing, I don't know, but playing around and suicides, yes.

- Were you here 12 years ago

when Thibaut Bertin attempted suicide?

- Yes.

Poor kid.

- You saw something that evening?

- Yes, it was me who found him at the end of the bridge.

I called for help, but the damage was done.

- Thanks.

- Goodbye. ALIX: Goodbye.

- Well, Lucie Debecker didn't believe it was a suicide attempt at all.

- Could this be a Vargas hazing? - Mm-hmm.

- That's what she seemed to believe.

Vargas allegedly killed her because of her reporting.

She may have talked to other victims,

and one of them may have taken revenge.

- Mm-hmm. - Mmm.

- Given Castelnau's reaction

when Lucie told him about Marion and Thibault,

I'd definitely go to the college again.

- It's on the way. - Great.

ALIX: Wait, I didn't have time to put on my seat belt!

WALTER: Why won't you get your diploma?

- I'm afraid of failing the exam tomorrow.

- Do you know how many students apply for my tutorial?

500.

Do you know how many I accept? Ten.

So, tell yourself one thing:

if you're here, it's where you belong.

FAINTLY WALTER: What the hell are you doing?

Why do you doubt yourself like this?

Don't disappoint me. Is that understood?

Come on, go study.

LUCIE: And Thibaut Bertin?

He was on the wrestling team you coached.

I suppose that name means nothing too?

- Leave me alone or you'll regret it. Is that clear?

ATTY: My client has nothing to do with this journalist's fabrications.

- He looks very threatening in the video.

Lucie discovered that Vargas

shaved Marion Dubois, and he was

part of the wrestling team, with Thibaut.

What really happened?

- Mr Castelnau was in Paris when Lucie died.

He's innocent.

- We spoke with your colleagues from the university.

In their estimation you behave like a guru with your students.

You nicknamed yourself 'The Editor.'

- 'Editor'?

- The one who organized the fights in the ampitheatre during antiquity.

He decided whether the defeated

gladiator deserved to live or die.

Am I wrong?

- Vargas always consulted you before buying stolen items.

Same with the victims?

- I hazed no one, I killed no one. BÉA: Perhaps.

- It doesn't make you innocent.

- If you want us to find your 'son's' murderer,

you'll have to tell us who else Vargas hazed.

The culprit is surely one of his victims.

- You're wasting your time, captain. He won't say anything.

Otherwise, it would confirm he played a role in these hazings.

So he prefers to keep quiet.

A beautiful tribute from a father to his son.

- Do you have evidence linking my client to this hazing?

No. So this interrogation is over.

ATTY: Mr Castelnau?

- Shit!

- What an asshole, that guy.

We won't trap him like that.

We need to be see more.

We have to catch him on ground where he doesn't expect us.

Lucie Debecker is dead,

Marion Dubois refuses to file a complaint,

and Thibaut Bertin can't talk anymore. We're stuck.

Hello.

- Hello.

- I came to talk to you about your daughter.

- I'll leave you.

- Please come in.

SIREN

BÉA: Thank you.

- How are you?

- I've been trying to figure out what happened for three years.

There. Now I know.

Zoé was such a generous girl.

It was stronger than her.

It cost her her life.

I'm very proud to be her mother.

Thank you for what you've done.

- Teamwork.

LAUGHS

- It's not warm out here. - No.

- Back inside? - Yes.

- Thank you for coming. - ((Yes.))

- Yes, uh, hello, Martin, it's me.

Uh...

I'm calling to tell you that it's okay for you to see Leo.

Yes. Uh— wait wait wait wait wait.

First, I have to tell you something.

- Thibaut is our oldest patient.

- You think that one day he'll... - Heal? No.

Since the accident he's been in a minimally-reactive state.

He's aware of the world around him but can't interact with it.

- Apart from his family, does he have visitors?

- Someone sees him often, yes, a man.

- This man?

- No, someone else. Him neither.

- Do you have his name? - In the register, yes.

It's mandatory for visits.

Can I have the register please? - Of course.

- Thanks.

- Fuck, what did we miss?

Uh... Malik?

Will you bring me the photos from the alumni party?

The fact is, this kind of evening is an opportunity

to see your friends again, but also a chance to settle scores.

- What's your idea?

- I don't know, but I think Lucie knew

Vargas would never confess,

so if she went to the party, she was looking for other victims.

- Or another culprit.

Benoît Rouvière regularly goes to see Thibaut Bertin at the clinic.

Doesn't that suggest a big feeling of guilt?

- Shit! - What?

- The wrestling team list.

Benoît is one of them.

- All right.

So he also received a Col Nem medal.

- There are these photos, but

we don't see much.

- Advance it.

BOTH: There!

- Okay. I'm calling the university to get the video.

- I said it first, anyway.

NIVART: Great find. Well done.

- There, maybe.

- Yeah. We see they're in collusion,

but it's impossible to know what they're saying.

- Yes, it's possible. Malik, zoom in on Benoît's face please.

'She knows about Thibaut.'

NIVART: What does that mean?

- That they were at the Pont du Gard,

the night Thibaut Bertin fell.

It wasn't suicide.

- So Vargas killed Lucie

because she knew about the hazing of Thibaut Bertin.

Then Benoît killed Vargas. Okay, what's the motive?

- Love.

While working at the amphitheatre,

Benoît found himself again confronted by Vargas,

and feared he would tell Victoria everything about Thibaut's hazing.

Her leaving him was too great a threat.

- Vargas was a dominator, but not Benoît.

Col Nem.

We come back to it.

BÉA: Please?

- Yes?

- We've come to talk to you about Vargas and Thibaut.

- Really?

- Benoît doesn't know Thibaut.

Benoît, you don’t know Thibaut?

Benoît? Well, answer!

VICTORIA: What's going on? What is this?

(What?)

Benoît, say something, dammit! Speak!

SOBBING

. . .

VARGAS: Shut up, Bertin! Move!

PANTING

- Come on, Bertin! Move!

- Please. I want to go home.

- Shut your mouth, move! Move!

CRYING - Please... please! I can't take it anymore!

- Do you want to be part of the team?

You have to deserve it!

Come on, move forward! - Stop! SOBBING

- Stop stop! It's okay Sam, he understands.

- Fuuuck, you don't know how to have fun!

You're no better than the other loser!

. . .

COME ON BERTIN, KEEP GOING!

- Wait, wait! PLEADING

VARGAS: It's fine! It's fine, huh?

SCREAMS

IMPACT

- Benoît, what did you do to Thibaut?

VICTORIA CRYING

- Was it Vargas who had the ​​suicide idea?

- I wanted to talk, but he threatened us. BÉA: Wait,

wait, what? Who else was there?

- ((Ah...))

- He's not moving. Oh fuck.

Is he dead?

- I don't know.

- What do we do, Sam? Is he dead?

- I don't know. - Should we call for help?

WALTER: We don't call anyone.

It's too late.

- We'll go to jail. Ooh!

SLAP

- The first one who talks, I'll deal with him!

Is that understood?

BOTH: Yes coach.

- We're a "team."

And me, my team, we don't lose.

- He forced us to go below the bridge

to recover all the evidence, all the evidence of the hazing.

- Was it also him who had the ​​suicide idea?

- In training, Thibaut told us about his breakup with Victoria.

When the police questioned us, Castelnau told them about it.

Everyone believed it.

(I'm sorry.)

- What happened next?

- The next day, we competed in the final as if nothing had happened.

Uh... we were champions.

We all received our beautiful medals.

Except Thibaut.

- Is it to avenge him that you

wrote 'Col Nem' on Vargas’ chest?

- He deserved to die with his medal.

- Did you know he was going to attack Lucie Debecker?

BENOÎT: No.

- No, when I met her at the party I,

I understood that she knew everything.

Victoria would finally learn the truth.

On the one hand, I was relieved, because...

I couldn't stand lying to you anymore.

And on Sunday evening, Samuel called me.

He wanted us to see each other outside the amphitheatre.

MONUMENTS RESTORATION

METALLIC CLATTER

Fuck! You scared me!

What're you doing in costume?

- And you, you wearing a disguise?

I'm working nights. What's going on?

- I'm working too.

I'm rehearsing my show!

You and your fiancee Victoria will come see me, huh?

- What was important you want to tell me? - That little shithole journalist

won't bother us anymore, I fixed the problem.

- 'Fixed' how?

- With this.

- Wait, you didn't- - I had no choice.

You want her to screw up my life?

Hey! Where're you going? - You're a psychopath,

I'm going to see the cops. - You're not seeing anyone, stay here, OK?

We're a "team," you didn't forget, I hope?

- Fuck! Stop with that, we're not a "team" anymore!

I'm going to spill everything. - You're not going

to see anyone, otherwise I'll talk to Victoria!

Then we'll see if she still wants to marry you!

- I'll tell her everything, I can't lie to her anymore!

GRUNTING AND SNARLS

. . .

. . .

. . .

BENOÎT: Vargas!

SCREAM

BLADE

CHOKING

Someone had to stop him.

He was doing too much harm to those around him.

But Samuel wasn't like that, at first.

When we got to college, he was cool.

And then Castelnau organized our hazing.

Then he changed.

He became... hardened.

He wanted to show Castelnau that he was the strongest.

Afterwards, he followed him in his delusions.

But Samuel wasn't a monster.

It's what Castelnau did to him.

And me.

- I'm really sorry.

- Not me.

I've been blaming myself for 12 years

I've been really mad at Thibaut, too.

Now that I know the truth, I hope

I can manage to find some peace.

- You know the rule? Two hours.

And not a second longer.

Your life is at stake now.

Go!

You can't do without me anymore?

- Mr Castelnau, it’s 5:31 pm.

You are now in custody for the

hazing of Thibaut Bertin 12 years ago.

- You can't prove anything. - Benoît Rouvière confessed to

the murder of Samuel Vargas. And as a bonus,

he told us about your role when

Thibaut Bertin fell from the Pont du Gard.

- Ah, ah! Don't move.

- My lawyer will love dismissing all of these accusations.

- Benoît confirmed you were present during Marion Dubois's hazing.

She's filing a complaint against you.

I'm sure there are other victims who will do the same.

- "Pollice verso."

SIREN

I can hardly imagine this is the last time I'll come here.

- You can come back whenever you want.

Well, not too much, though.

- I'll let you handle the rest?

Oh no! APPLAUSE

- Well done, Béa!

- Did you know?

- Well done Béa!

Great. It's good to be able to count on your teammate.

- Officially, we're no longer teammates.

- Hey, here you go! - Thanks.

- Thanks. Thank you very much - Careful...

- You'll leave a big void.

- Not so fast!

The little one also has a terrible temper!

- Easy now— otherwise I'll get you for insulting an officer.

- Oh! THEY LAUGH

CHANTS OF 'BOSS, BOSS'

- Duty calls.

I'm coming! I'm coming!

- Take care of my little guy Malik, he'll make a great lieutenant

CRIES OF JOY

- Promise.

To *your retirement. * FORMAL 'YOUR'

- 'To your* retirement.' - Really? * INFORMAL 'YOUR'

CLINK We're informal now?

- Officially, we're no longer teammates.

LAUGHS

- What are you* going to do- * FORMAL

What are you* going to do, sorry, * INFORMAL

for your retirement? Travel? * INFORMAL

- In any case, I probably won't go fishing. - Oh yes?

- I'm going to do what I haven't done for 3 years.

Live.

And you? With Martin?

- It pisses me off to admit it, but I will follow your advice.

- Good.

So, what's going on?

ALL: AH!

Come on...

- Béa. Tchin?

CLINKS - Come on... Thank you!

HAPPY CROSSTALK ALL: Hurray!

MONITOR BEEPING, RESPIRATOR

- Hi.

HELLO

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