1931年 巴黎14岁的朱利安在第一次世界大战中失去了父亲,他的母亲为了生计嫁给了一名在法国煤气公司工作的工人。朱利安始终不肯承认这个既粗鲁又暴躁易怒的继父,并拒绝了他到煤气公司工作的提议,因为他的父亲就死于瓦斯中毒。他选择到一家皮货店做学徒,开始接触一个截然不同的世界,并与犹太商人若斯内结下深厚友谊,而且爱上了他的女儿马里亚娜。四十年代初,维希政府的法令触及到了法国的犹太人群体。战争迫在眉睫,反犹太主义的倾向日渐突出。若斯内失去了在法从事商业活动的权利,决定把自己的店和女儿都交给年轻的朱利安。
Set in a small coastal village in France, this is a quiet thriller of crime and dark secrets. The opening sequence takes place in a house just put out for sale. In it, the discovery of what appears to be the dead family in the house, implicates the former chief-of-police to the plot. The now-retired chief-of-police, having made a lot of enemies in his past career, is recovering...