Bixente Volet

Born with a facial deformity, 16-year-old Eugénie faces harassment from her classmates, most of all Sam, and only finds comfort in her faith. One day, Sam gets particularly brutal with her, and she is rescued by Father Mathieu, the new priest of the town's church. Father Mathieu immediately sees in her what could be a modern Martyr and wants to teach her the ways to sanctity. Made saint, Eugénie sees her confidence rising, and even Sam cannot help but notice it...

At 22, Damien is a far-right soldier : an activist for "Barrière Nationale", a fringe group fighting against the so-called "Great Replacement", he lives only for his homeland. On June 24th, as Paris swelters under a troubling heatwave, Damien guns down eleven people in a mosque. Arrested that same evening, the media erupts and speculation spreads ; to some, Damien is a monster, to others, a neurotic consumed by loneliness. From his rural childhood to his philosophy studies in the capital, nothing seemed to point toward such a violent act. Who is responsible ? Damien’s story — or those who shaped him ?