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Parisian murder detective commissioner Pierre Niemans is called to Guernon, a self-sufficient, prestigious university in a mountain valley, to investigate the murder on 32-year old professor and librarian Rémy Caillois, whose corpse was found 50 meters high on a steep mountain side, naked, horribly covered in bruises and bleeding wounds, the result of some five hours of bestial torture including quasi-surgical amputation of hands cauterized to prevent bleeding to death- and eyes. Guernon is a closed society of virtually incestuous scientists, de facto succeeding to their parents posts; the eye-doctor, formerly on the staff, says hereditary genetic diseases are the price of such elitism, but in recent years spread to the simple farming families. Inspector Max Kerkerian examines two crimes in the town: a school break-in with theft of old photos and archive papers as well as a graveyard desecration of Judith Herault, the daughter of local nun Andrée, who lives in a dark cell since 15 years and mumbles the demons who made an attempt of both of their lives have returned to prevent the child endanger their secret. As both police investigations continue, the loner sleuths meet; secrets and other corpses are found, till it all ties together.
Two very different policemen seeking the truth about separate crimes find a terrible common link in this thriller from France. Pierre Niemans (Jean Reno) is a noted French detective assigned to investigate a brutal murder at a prestigious college located high in the Alps; the victim was first disfigured and dismembered, then strangled to death. Niemans soon realizes the murder was not an isolated incident when several similarly mangled corpses are discovered. Meanwhile, in a town 150 miles away, a young police investigator, Max Kerkerian (Vincent Cassel), is called in to investigate when the grave of a ten-year-old girl is dug up and ransacked. While interviewing the mother (Dominique Sanda) of the young girl, he crosses paths with Niemans, whose investigation has led him to the same town, and the two men begin to realize a surprising and troubling link between the crimes.
Jean Reno
Pierre Niemans
Vincent Cassel
Max Kerkerian
Nadia Farès
Fanny Ferreira
Dominique Sanda
Sister Andrée
Karim Belkhadra
Captain Dahmane
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Dr. Bernard Chernezé
Didier Flamand
The Dean
François Levantal
Pathologist
Francine Bergé
Headmistress
Philippe Nahon
Man at Petrol Station
Laurent Lafitte
Hubert, the Dean's Son
Robert Gendreu
Cemetery Warden
Christophe Bernard
Skinhead #1
Nicky Naudé
Skinhead #2
Tonio Descanvelle
Sarzac Policeman #1
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Sarzac Policeman #2
Françoise Loreau
Nun in Convent
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