Young and ambitious Captain Vivés has just been appointed group leader at the Grenoble Criminal Squad when Clara's murder case lands on his desk. Vivés and his team investigate Clara's complex life and relations, but what starts as a professional and methodical immersion into the victim's life soon turns into a haunting obsession.
"Some crimes will haunt you."
Top Billed Cast
Bastien Bouillon
Yohan Vivès
Bouli Lanners
Marceau
Anouk Grinberg
La juge d'instruction
Mouna Soualem
Nadia
Pauline Serieys
Nanie
Théo Cholbi
Willy
Johann Dionnet
Fred
Thibaut Évrard
Loïc
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
C CinemaSerfVerified TMDB Critic
2023-04-01
This is a fictional interpretation of an actual crime that sees newly promoted "Vivés" (Bastien Bouillon) take his team of Grenoble detectives to a small town to investigate a grisly murder. Walking home from a friend's house the previous morning, "Clara" (Lula Cotton-Frapier) is confronted by a stranger who throws a combustible liquid over her and then sets her alight. What the Police Justiciare have to work with is a ghastly sight. Their investigations quickly reveal no shortage of potential attackers. This girl had lived a "lively" life - unbeknownst to her parents - and her boyfriends ran...
W WuchakVerified TMDB Critic
2026-04-09
**_Police procedural about finding the killer of a woman burned alive_**
The film was based on the case of Maud Maréchal, whose corpse was found in 2013 in Lagny-sur-Marne, a suburb east of Paris. This fictional version transports events a few years later to the capital of the French Alps, Grenoble in southeast France, and the ski resort town 65 miles east of there, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, which is where the crime occurs. The film was also shot in these locations.
It’s reminiscent of Euro detective flicks “The Girl By the Lake” and “The Girl in the Fog,” mixed with the artis...
