Capitaine Marleau

Hey, bunch of noses!

Whoa...

Who are you?

No.

I'm Lt. Castel.

Yeah? - Yes.

Chair.

Captain.

A small, strong black coffee. - With pleasure.

CLEAR DARKNESS

Yeah, how are you?

Aren't you coming today?

OK.

...their cries in the slaughterhouse! - Drop it.

We kill 2 billion animals weekly.

Forget your plan.

You don't want to help me anymore.

We'll talk about it tomorrow.

Hey Maude. - Eat a little?

Since when? - It's a time to talk

if you have the opportunity.

How are you doing in high school?

How are YOU doing?

You talk to your father, talk to me too.

You're not my mother, I'm doing well,

don't force it.

Thanks for the coffee.

Please, stop-

Look there!

A pack?

We say 'horde' or 'herd.'

They swarm. - Is it due to the climate warming?

The absence of predators. - Exactly.

We have to find a balance between control and proliferation,

and protect them.

Did you see the time?

You want to go home? - My parents will flip their lids.

You'll protect me, like the animals.

I'll catch up with you.

OK.

Are you following me? - No, I'm walking.

Stay with us.

You shouldn't have quit.

Hi. - Hi.

Come back. - I don't know.

We miss you.

Hey! - I'm coming.

It's not too late? - You finished the year.

Yes. - Yes.

Good morning, Colonel. - Mr. Mayor, Prefect.

Fuck. All good?

Good morning. - We're about to decorate you,

The General of the Army is there,

and you arrive in this get-up.

Seriously, Captain. - It's clean...

Go and change. Now.

She made a face at me.

The recipient of-

I don't care!

About anything!

Ugly!

A call, who's calling me?

Yeah?

; fuck.

Very well, I'm coming.

We're waiting for you.

No time, an emergency.

Gotta go, Happy New Year!

So, cause of death? - A blow to the temple.

With bare hands?

It was no Mike Tyson. I opt for a bladed weapon.

Time of death?

Between 10 pm and midnight.

No signs of a struggle? - No.

Not easy.

Wow, elegant! - I'm good!

It won't be easy. - Why?

Claire Duret, - Yeah...

17, by the ID found on her.

It was a jogger who called;

says he's been waiting and wants to finish his run.

He'll wait. Where is she? - Down there.

Thanks, honey.

Oscar! How are you, my homey?

Captain. - Covid kiss.

Nice to see you.

How goes it with you?

Well; poor kid.

Where's the asshole? - Down there.

Thanks, I can manage.

So, in a hurry? - I said all I have to say.

Less than the kid.

Didn't that affect you?

Yes, but- - Tell me.

I wanted to see my stats: calories burned, gradient.

What a Big Ben! 90 calories per hour.

You saw? - I saw her hand sticking out,

as I was passing.

Poor girl. That's all?

We'll ask around.

Did you get his name? - Yes.

And get his DNA? - No.

My DNA?

To see if you hit her. We have to search you.

You can't. - Yes.

I'm going. - No, hey hey! Come here.

Empty your pockets. Go on!

No, but- - There's that.

As if by chance.

Where was this?

Next to her. - Next to her where?

There are numbers, which number?

Number 4. - You're sure?

Not next to that?

Killing for that is stupid. - No.

We'll, maybe. Good.

Christophe, Richard. Take him away.

We'll talk by the fire.

Huh? Seriously? - Well yes!

No. - Yes.

Come ON! - You'll like the chicken, it's good.

Wait, I want to check something.

Take her arm.

So; hey...

Do we agree, it's too big.

Yes. - No sign of dragging.

She was killed here. - Impossible,

not according to the lividity of her skin.

Was she carried here?

Yes, but you have to be strong.

Yes, or: there was more than one.

Wait, she'll call.

She wouldn't leave without saying. - And if she's not at Jules's?

Good morning.

Gendarmerie, Captain Marleau. Claire Duret is your daughter?

Indeed. - My step-daughter.

We found your daughter's body this morning.

Claire?

It's not true.

Did she suffer? - No,

the first blow was fatal.

On her here, a focal contusion to the cerebellum.

Immediate brain disconnect.

She didn't feel anything.

After her mother's death 10 years ago,

we continued to treat her as living.

Can you leave us, please?

My husband came home this morning from a seminar.

And you?

I was at a party for parents of students.

Her high school? - Yes, I'm the principal.

Principal and stepmother, you're cumulative.

Yeah, by the way,

do you know this?

I had just offered it to her, to bring us closer.

It was my grandmother's. - It's too big.

It had to be adjusted, but I imagine she'd still wear it.

Excuse me, I must leave you.

Please, madam.

Are you there?

The jogger was telling the truth, he's clean.

We let him go. - Not immediately.

It's not time for his run.

Happy Happy New Year! New Year!

How Good are you? morning!

He's strange.

I'm not going to beat around the bush, we've received sad news.

Claire was found dead this morning.

Well?

Pythagoras' theorem.

It's not funny, she's dead.

I'm looking for her cell phone; because

she didn't have it.

Nice photo.

Who is it?

Her boyfriend, Jules Tivner.

Super.

That poster.

It's about changing the environment. A nice kid.

What was her trip: wildlife, climate?

She had a webpage denouncing polluters and hunters.

She got threats. - Yeah? What kind?

"watch out for hunting accidents."

Did you report them?

A complaint, but there was no follow-up.

What did you find? - Nothing.

Shit. Her password, do you have it?

Date of birth? - No, that never works.

You always spoil the fun.

What's her date of birth?

May 5, 2004.

"May 5, 2004."

Tap-tap.

It doesn't work.

What's that?

It's for you.

My birthday is soon. - Happy birthday.

What is it? - A mute;

I play the trumpet.

I'm starting out, and I was scared