Da Costa (Jean-Claude Frissung) is a dedicated cop who tracks down murder suspect Fanfan in this routine crime drama. The sleuth interviews the man's cohorts who willingly provide unusable information to his whereabouts. Da Costa's biggest clue is a videotape of a young man who appears to be the man in question.

In 1940, a young teacher who dreams of the Mediterranean is appointed to a remote village in Lozère. Despite the war and the savagery of the world, he awakens in his pupils a spirit of peace and humanism. But he will have to leave the refuge of childhood and books to become involved in the obligatory violence of the resistance.

In 1940, a young teacher who dreams of the Mediterranean is appointed to a remote village in Lozère. Despite the war and the savagery of the world, he awakens in his pupils a spirit of peace and humanism. But he will have to leave the refuge of childhood and books to become involved in the obligatory violence of the resistance.