A young police officer, Nicolas Luhel, arrives in a remote Breton town to investigate the mysterious death of an adolescent. The victim’s mother has no doubt who the killer is – her ex-husband, Serge Tanguy. As Nicolas begins his investigation, it appears that everyone is against him, as if no-one wants to know how the teenager died. On top of this, Nicholas has his own problems. He misses the comfort of his wife and new-born child. And then he begins to experience a strange, intimate fascination for Tanguy...