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When we finally got to the ticket window,

they said: "We're sold out."

What did you do, then?

We sneaked in.

We looked around. I saw 3 or 4 roadies.

They were pushing crates, and we went to help them

to unload the truck.

And we went in.

Were you backstage?

Of course.

I watched the show from backstage.

David Bowie, imagine that.

I greeted him as he went by,

but he didn't answer. He didn't recognize me.

- It was great. - Cool!

- Tom, did you know dad...? - Yeah!

I heard. Thank you.

You wouldn't do that.

I doubt it.

All I do around here is study.

What up with him?

Adolescence, dad.

Yes, Camille?

Hello, Stéphane.

- Hello, Camille. - Hello, Chief.

Have they identified the body? Why was it found here?

No, but as you'll see, this won't be easy.

Ah yes, not easy.

Hello.

It was totally destroyed by the fire.

I imagine the fire destroyed all the clues?

The fire started at night.

We don't know how.

Yes we do, Camille. This is a crime.

Look around you.

Those traces on the ground.

Someone sprayed gasoline.

Is Marchal here yet?

He's checking the cathedral over there.

He also thinks it's homicide.

A hunch?

Of course.

It almost looks staged.

Smoking embers...

What is this?

A skirt or a dress.

But the victim's male.

It's closed to the public. You must leave.

Oh, but I have a magic key.

Captain Marchal.

- What are you doing? - Restoring the cathedral.

We've been working for 6 months.

We still have 2 to go.

Can I talk to the foreman?

There isn't one.

What? Who supervises the work?

We do!

We're Compagnons du Devoir. We work alone.

I'm Yann Flocoeur, stone carver.

- How else can I help? - Well, we found

a burnt hut on the peninsula, with a corpse in it.

Maybe it's one of your men.

I doubt it. At night, we go to La Cayenne.

La Cayenne? You mean the prison camp?

No, it's the house for guild members.

You mean the hut by the water?

Yes, exactly. You know it?

We partied there after the ceremony.

Maybe one of us stayed, but...

What ceremony?

For novice compagnons.

After initiating new guild members, we went there.

Do you recognize this?

It's Guillaume's.

Don't touch it.

- Where was that? - On the corpse's finger.

See you later.

You had no right to take that ring.

But I didn't steal it. Here it is.

And I followed protocol.

I wore gloves, I used a sealed bag.

Compromising a crime scene without even telling me.

You hadn't done that for a while.

OK, but I brought you some information.

Guillaume Castel, aged 40,

stone carver,

Novice, Compagnon du Devoir. Initiated last night.

What else?

My witness says he got very drunk after the ceremony.

Maybe he slept in the hut.

But he could have come out, since there was no lock.

- The fire would've woke him. - Unless he was dead drunk.

Or just dead.

If so, this is a homicide.

Guillaume Castel. Investigate. Thanks, Camille.

I don't understand...

why our marriage failed.

Chief Soler.

I just heard about Guillaume. What a tragedy!

Losing one of our men is awful.

Hello. Chief Soler. This is Captain Marchal.

And you are...?

Sorry. Simon Valetta, the provost here.

Nice to meet you. Were you at the ceremony last night?

Yes, I officiated.

Wonderful. So you can explain what it consists of exactly.

Yes, because you can burn logs and clothes,

but is human sacrifice part of the program?

The Compagnons trains young people in centuries-old trades.

To become a Compagnon, you must first be an apprentice,

then work all over France and restore a monument.

Guillaume Castel was 40. Isn't that a bit old?

It's rare, but it's not forbidden.

Why did he apply so late?

I have no idea. We should have asked him.

I like your sense of humor.

All our decisions are taken by the board.

Do you burn the apprentices' tunics?

Only the tunics of those not accepted.

So, in short, you know little about Castel.

I won't lie to you. Things were complicated with him.

Complicated? How?

He sometimes challenged authority.

Your authority in particular?

There was an abrupt change.

Castel returned to France 8 months ago

and went straight into the Compagnons.

People usually return for someone:

A woman, family... eh?

Marchal!

Did you know their emblem has a compass and a set square,

like that of freemasons? They must be cousins.

King Solomon is supposed to have been a founder.

Fascinating. Where'd you get that?

From this little book I just bought.

Rites and Customs of the Compagnons du Devoir.

Looks thrilling.

It's a wealth of information.

They see themselves as heirs of cathedral builders.

It's good to be humble.

Precisely! Their craftmanship is rooted on humility.

Individually, they're nothing,

but collectively, they erect beautiful buildings.

Said the individualist!

Those people are still in the Middle Ages!

Well you...

You understand nothing about their nobility.

How distressing.

Did you see anything, during or afterwards?

No.

Except for a young novice, Zoé Lacazette,

who was rejected and was very upset.

Erwan, since he's not even looking at me

and seems to have an issue with women,

please ask him to explain.

She threatened us all.

I didn't take it seriously, but now there's a corpse...

Why would she have done it?

You don't realize what this adoption represents.

Some see it as their reason to live.

Special delivery for Chief Soler.

Someone who?

Give it to me.

She's interrogating now. I'll give them to her.

Is there a card on it?

No, I don't see anything.

Strange. It's not her birthday.

Is it strange to receive flowers on other occasions?

You're the soul of romance.

Zoé joined the guild right after high school.

She'd been a novice for 2 years.

After all that effort, the rejection must have stung.

So maybe setting the hut on fire was her revenge.

No, that hut didn't belong to the Compagnons.

To take revenge, she would have burned La Cayenne.

Guillaume Castel was accepted, she wasn't.

Whoever started the fire knew he was inside.

Premeditated murder.

I know you like to gainsay me but can you justify that?

Yes, the gasoline.

Who would go for a walk by the water with gasoline?

For pleasure.

Let's stop speculating.

Erwan, go find Zoé Lacazette.

Marchal, go visit les Compagnons.

What's with the bouquet?

Let me explain.

There's a card. Marchal tried to read it.

It's beautiful.

Uh, yes... it's very beautiful.

In flower language, it means: "I really like you."

OK.

Thanks. I didn't know your expertise

included flower psychology.

Flowers, in the hopes of a second date. Hugo

- Zoé Lacazette. - Yes, why?

Follow us, please.

No, I'm working.

So are we.

Zoé, what is it?

We need your daughter to verify something.

Will you come with us?

Don't worry, mom.

After the ceremony, I went to a few bars in Villeneuve.

I wanted to forget about the Compagnons.

You'll give us the names of those bars.

Sure, if you want. So what am I doing here?

Zoé, there was a fire at Maguelone that night,

and Guillaume Castel died.

Guillaume?

That's impossible.

It happened, Zoé.

The provost told us you threatened everybody.

I felt humiliated.

I couldn't just say: "Thank you, bye!"

But I didn't start a fire.

Or kill anyone.

Humiliated by whom?

Valetta. He couldn't stand me.

Did you get along with Guillaume Castel?

Initially, yes.

He's a great sculptor. He taught me a lot.

He spoke up for me, to the provost.

For what reason?

Valetta is a misogynist who's against admitting women.

Guillaume pleaded for change.

Did you and Castel ever fight?

Well...

After a while, he changed, became more distant.

One day he told me I wasn't cut out to be a Compagnon.

None of them wanted me there.

The victim was already dead when the fire started.

No smoke in his lungs?

Nor inflamed gas.

I also analyzed his liver cells.

He had over 2.5 grams of alcohol in his blood

but that didn't kill him.

What did, then?

Pentobarbital sodium.

What?

Sorry, I forgot my periodic table.

It's a barbiturate used to euthanize animals.

It's forbidden in France, but for sale on the Internet.

- A drug for animals? - Yes.

The fire started later.

- Thanks, Franck. - It's yours.

How nice, thank you.

I manage the supplies.

I see.

So what should I call you: Ms. Guibodeau, Isabelle,

or Mother?

I see you did your homework.

Yup.

Call me Ms. Guibodeau. "Mother" is for the bunnies.

Bunnies?

It's what we call young novices.

What did Guillaume Castel call you?

He called me Isabelle.

I liked him. We all did.

Who is his best friend here?

Yann was. He's also a stone carver.

Yann Flocoeur?

Not much decoration, I see.

I get the impression that he liked to travel.

Yes, he had travelled a lot.

Especially to Africa,

but also the Philippines.

He had built a school there. He was a good man.

Why become a Compagnon at age 40?

Did you talk about that?

He had been through a crisis.

He needed to start over.

A crisis? What kind of crisis?

He told me he had lost a lot of time,

that he needed to accomplish something.

That's why he chose sculpture.

And was he interested in less spiritual quests?

Excuse me?

Did he have a girlfriend?

I stay out of their private lives.

I think I found the muse of our Michelangelo.

Have you seen these photos?

No, never.

I didn't know he'd taken them.

What was there between you and Castel, Zoé?

Did he stalk you? Did you take revenge?

No. Are you mad? He was not like that.

Why did he have these photos?

A man takes all these pictures and you don't notice?

Didn't you sense an obsession?

Maybe he also photographed other girls. Search.

We did, Zoé. This is our job. OK?

There's just you. We also found drawings.

I don't understand.

I swear Guillaume was always nice to me.

I had no reason to kill him.

What is it?

The provost yelled at him recently.

Mr. Valetta?

Why?

I don't know. Maybe Valetta thought we were together.

He doesn't like couples at La Cayenne.

- What did Guillaume say? - I don't know.

Guillaume loved to provoke him, and it always got a reaction.

These are not obscene. They're even nice.

No, I'm serious.

Maybe Castel just liked Zoé.

Yeah, an artistic infatuation.

She inspired him, so he drew and photographed her.

That's not strange for an artist.

No, not at all.

Some prefer flowers. And they give them to people.

They sometimes write messages.

You know...

But Castel loved young maidens.

Especially Zoé.

If she inspired him so much, why did he move away?

Maybe he felt she was a lost cause.

A hopeless fantasy.

Why didn't he talk to her?

We know Castel wasn't the type to keep his mouth shut.

Maybe he disliked his boss.

- That reminds me of someone. - Oh, no... I knew it.

I like order, stability.

You like order?

Where is the key I asked you for a week ago?

Hey, I'm like the provost, and you're the Mother.

What mother?

The one who handles procurement

for the Compagnons.

They run La Cayenne together.

- Kind of like us. - We don't run this together.

I'm boss. You disobey. That's different.

You're right.

I want to find out about Castel and Valetta.

- So why are you still here? - Well, I... We...

I don't know. I thought we were talking!

We seemed to have time, for once. This is crazy.

Guillaume was a friend.

It's true.

If a friend's enemies are enemies, what do you think about Valetta?

We're just a group of artisans to him.

- He disdains our philosophy. - What philosophy?

"Neither slaves or masters, but servants."

That's our... their motto.

Equality, respect, sharing.

Without that, all these things are just rocks.

Did Castel uphold those values?

Yes! His masterpiece would have proved it.

The masterpiece is a work each Compagnon must do

before they're adopted.

But the stakes were high.

They set up a wager:

The winning statue would go in the chapel.

Can we see this statue?

Guillaume was going to show it to us all next week.

What happened?

Uh... it was vandalized.

Do you think the provost did it?

I don't know.

He couldn't afford to lose.

It's no big deal to lose a bet.

Maybe not for you...

We were to vote by raising a hand,

and if the provost lost, he'd lose his post. That's the rule.

Oh my goodness!

That's definitive evidence.

It wouldn't fit in the evidence room.

Well, Zoé Lacazette didn't kill Castel.

She was dancing in a bar when the murder occurred.

Four people identified her.

The Compagnons all agree on one thing:

Valetta loves power.

He would have felt humiliated if dismissed.

I investigated him.

Many ex Compagnons complained about him.

- Really? - Yes.

What about?

Bullying, physical violence...

Some quit the guild.

I see...

So Valetta has a bad reputation

and was on bad terms with Castel.

- That's certain. - Yeah.

Maybe the vandalized statue triggered things.

If Castel threatened to tell all, the provost might've killed him.

Will you question him?

Camille, you like macho men. Come along, you'll like him.

- Ridiculous allegations. - We don't think so.

What did he do when he found out about his statue?

Did he threaten you?

You people are incredible.

I didn't destroy his statue. You know why?

Because Guillaume didn't scare me.

I was sure I would win.

Really?

Why?

Because he was sick.

Well well...

Did you get the information from a magic hat?

- Why didn't anyone tell us? - He kept it secret.

I watched him. I noticed his fingers shaking.

- What was his illness, then? - No idea.

But useless hands are a sculptor's worst nightmare.

So I decided to withdraw.

You withdrew from the challenge?

I told Guillaume I would.

I realized this statue was important to him.

But he told me off.

He refused your pity.

Or my post as a provost. He just wanted to sculpt.

What did you do after the ceremony?

He was with me.

We spent the night together.

Yes?

Two visits in 24 hours? Lucky me!

Don't rejoice too much, I could ruin your evening.

Did you notice anything weird

during Castel's autopsy?

Traces of arthritis, for example?

No, I'm sure he had no bone deformations. Why?

We've been told he was sick.

If so, I need to know what he had.

That might be complicated.

The body is burnt, the tissues are destroyed.

Yeah, OK.

I can try. It's not like I have a personal life.

Thank you, Franck.

Anyways, I had warned you. Have a great evening.

I mean... good luck.

Same to you.

- You packed your things? - I had to.

- Bye. - Bye, guys.

Those who are not adopted can't stay here.

What now?

Oh, nothing special. I'm rummaging around.

It's my specialty.

And finding out secrets.

Isabelle Guibodeau, for example.

Did you know she slept with Valetta?

- The Mother and the provost? - Yeah.

What a joke.

Really?

Is it hard for you to imagine that?

She was with Guillaume.

Isabelle Guibodeau had an affair with Castel?

You should've told us.

It was a long time ago.

And recently?

I don't think so.

By the Mother's mood, I'm guessing he left her.

OK. Thanks.

And good luck.

Thank you.

I can't believe this!

What is it? Is it Jules again?

No, he's in Cuba, so I doubt he'll write.

Cuba? Must be nice.

And his name is not Jules, it's David.

Havana, mojitos, rumba dancers...

What a great life.

He's there for 2 days.

So he won't see much, apart from his hotel room.

But he's a steward, so he will be away often. Far away.

Yeah, I know.

That's why we're officializing it.

Married stewards travel less.

Are you serious?

You've only been together for 6 months.

- Isn't that too fast? - Comes a time...

What is it? Another corpse?

No.

- Well, I'm off. Bye. - Bye.

What's...?

A whole hour and I've found nothing on the Mother.

Not even a parking ticket.

No "Isabelle" corresponds to her data.

Wait.

Marchal says she touched this statuette

when he interrogated her.

Use the fingerprints.

OK.

Where did you get this?

Tom, let's wait for dad!

Where did you get it?

Don't you know the story?

No, why? Do you?

Dad told me about it recently.

It's from the summer before he met mom.

He had a friend who worked as a valet in Cannes.

And they once took a Ford Mustang for a ride.

They took it? You mean they stole it.

Do you realize our dad became a detective

after being a hippie, criminal guitarist?

- Hi. - Hi, dad.

This is so cute. Did you do this?

- Yeah. - That's so cute.

Dad, we have to talk.

I'm all ears, son.

I have to answer this.

Yes, Sophie?

The statuette has Guibodeau's fingerprints.

But there's a problem.

Her real last name is Salmon,

and she's been wanted for murder for 2 years.

On August 8, 2015, you killed your husband, Antoine Salmon.

Are you in the habit of killing your lovers?

Explain your anger for Guillaume Castel?

Were you jealous of Zoé Lacazette?

Listen, ma'am, you have to talk.

Yes, Léa?

I spent the night working on Castel.

It wasn't easy, but...

he suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Which, simply put, means...?

It's a neurodegenerative disease, like Charcot.

So he would end up paralyzed?

Before dying of general asphyxia.

I looked at Isabelle Salmon's file.

She killed her husband because he beat her for 10 years.

I see no connection here.

If she didn't do it, why won't she talk?

- She has tried to move on. - By killing her husband.

What's important is that she broke out

of the spiral of violence.

How does she relate to men now?

It must be complicated.

She probably couldn't trust men.

Exactly.

But then she fell for Castel.

He was kind, polite, he made her feel safe again,

and then suddenly... he leaves her.

The image of the evil man reawakens in her.

Although he hid his illness...

She reacted with violence and killed him.

But there's something missing in all this.

Imagine you're Castel.

They tell you you're doomed. What would you do?

I'd go back to what I love

and try to save anything I can.

Well, he stayed in La Cayenne

and left a woman who was in love with him.

OK. I think I see a way of making Isabelle talk.

Mr. Valetta.

What do you want now? I have an alibi.

Right, a fugitive murderer

who might have killed Castel, which makes you appear to be

her accomplice.

Did you know about Isabelle?

Yes.

She deserved a second chance.

She only defended herself,

but France jails women who kill their torturers.

We gave her a place to start a new life.

So she lied to protect you?

I didn't ask her. She surprised me.

You didn't contradict her.

Why did Guillaume break with her?

Castel changed his mind all the time.

What do you mean?

He tried to persuade me to bring in more women.

But, in the end, he didn't even try to defend Zoé,

who was his favorite.

Valetta explained everything. You have nothing to hide.

Can you tell me about you and Castel?

I never understood why he left me.

He didn't explain.

He just said: "It's over."

Our fling had brought me back to life.

I felt as if someone had taken away my oxygen.

But I didn't kill him, nor did I vandalize his statue.

Did you think he'd met another woman?

That was my first thought.

What did you do, then?

Did you spy on him?

I followed him one day...

and found out he had another woman.

They seemed to know each other very well.

Where did they meet?

In Montcalm Park.

What do you want with Zoé?

Nothing. I came to see you.

Me? How could I help?

By telling me about a friend from Aix-en-Provence.

It's all on the Internet.

It's been over 20 years, but you remember Castel.

Let's go.

Don't worry, darling.

Did you find anything?

They only vandalized the face.

Yeah, that's obvious.

That points to a personal motive. She was recognized.

Are you a shrink?

This statue is a portrait.

It's a portrait of Zoé.

He disappeared when he learned I was pregnant.

We were only 18, he dreamed of traveling the world.

He couldn't imagine having to stay in Aix.

You didn't see him again?

Not until he came here a few months ago.

What did he want?

To meet his daughter.

He hated himself for leaving.

You know, the usual.

His regret meant nothing to me.

He'd made a choice.

Did Mr. Lacazette know...

that Guillaume Castel was Zoé's father?

Of course.

Guillaume's return disturbed him.

He feared he might take Zoé.

They've not gotten along in the last 2 years.

Why?

Zoé always loved sculpture.

She wanted to go study in Florence after high school,

but Bernard said he couldn't pay for it.

With all the debt we had, we couldn't afford it,

so Zoé decided she wanted to become a Compagnon.

Did your husband know Castel was a sculptor?

Of course.

That's why

he felt that Zoé was closer to Guillaume than to him.

He took it very badly.

What do you mean?

Could he have...

defaced a statue, for example?

What was your husband doing the night Castel died?

I have no idea.

He went out that night...

and returned next morning.

Camille, Castel bought a life insurance 6 months ago.

Guess the beneficiary.

Bernard Lacazette. Shit!

Mr. Lacazette?

- What? You again? - Come with us.

Did you know Castel had bought life insurance?

No, how could I have?

Your name is on the contract, as the beneficiary.

So, congratulations, you get 75,000 euros.

Not a piddling sum these days.

Whatever you're thinking, I didn't kill Castel.

You hated him enough to vandalize his statue.

A statue of your daughter... I mean, his daughter.

Zoé is my daughter! He didn't raise her!

Very well. and when you saw the statue

were you enraged, like now?

It drove me mad.

How did Castel react when he saw what you had done?

Badly.

But then we talked.

This may seem strange, but...

he thanked me for having raised Zoé.

He even offered to help me financially.

That seems very strange, yes.

But it's the truth.

He told me he thought Zoé was too fragile

and too talented to become a Compagnon.

He promised he'd find the money

for her to go study sculpture in Italy.

He did indeed pay...

...with his life.

Why didn't Guillaume tell me he was my father?

He wanted to protect you.

That's why he cared so much.

He listened to me, gave me advice...

It was his way of making up for lost time.

Zoé, did you know Guillaume was ill?

Tell her everything you know.

No.

No, but he was sick at La Cayenne once.

I found him lying on the floor unable to get up.

- Did you call for help? - No.

Yann arrived then.

- Yann Flocoeur? - Yes.

He said he'd take care of him.

Guillaume didn't seem to want me there.

They asked me to leave.

Then what happened?

They talked, but I heard nothing.

When Yann came out, he asked me not to tell anyone.

- What are you looking for? - Castel's tools.

I'd like to know where they are.

It says here that a Compagnon never leaves his tools.

They're nowhere to be found.

In the store room?

What store room?

The one by the cathedral. It's in Erwan's report.

Would you come with me to take a look?

That'd get you some fresh air.

Is this a romantic ploy?

I'm joking.

I knew it.

If I were Castel, I'd leave my tools to Zoé.

You'd do that for your daughter?

Yes, of course.

I would give her something more personal than money.

A jewel, maybe. To remind her of me whenever she wore it.

- Like the guitar you gave Alice? - I see Léa is opening up.

There's nothing in Guillaume's locker.

And we're not allowed to search the others.

A rat!

Marchal method.

I'll go see if any others happen to open by chance.

Tell me, Sophie...

as we're confiding in each other...

Who sent those flowers to Léa?

You think I'll tell you that?

But I'll give you a tip.

It'd do you good to have someone to give flowers to.

Someone other than Soler, of course.

Here. I found them.

And it happened to be open. Whose locker is this?

Yann Flocoeur.

For Zoé

We've been on the wrong track.

Castel was not murdered, he killed himself.

He felt doomed. That's why he broke with Isabelle.

I can understand him.

He didn't want to suffer, or become a useless cripple.

And in case of suicide

Lacazette wouldn't get the insurance money.

So he had the idea of camouflaging it.

Who lit the fire?

The same person who helped him in La Cayenne.

And who had his tools: Yann Flocoeur.

The only person Guillaume trusted.

He must have.

I mean, you have to in order to do such a thing.

Or else...

Or else...

you need a vow.

Am I dreaming? That's...

No, you left it on your desk. For someone who loves order...

Anyways, it says in this book... that newly adopted members

must swear and take a vow

during the ceremony, promising mutual aide, even...

- In death. - Death.

- Right. - Give it here.

My keys.

- Excuse me? - My keys.

- My keys! - Yes, I'll...

Oh no. I won't give in.

Hello.

You seem to like it here.

In another life, maybe.

No, Captain Marchal is too respectful of the law

to accept your vows.

We know you lit that fire.

Guillaume was more than a friend,

so when he asked your help...

I had to do it.

His suffering was useless.

First, the body starts to degenerate.

Then it corrodes the mind.

Guillaume didn't want to end that way.

The vow forced me to be there for him.

A Compagnon is like a brother.

And I had to help him.

I don't know what you think,

but that fire seems to have been an accident?

Are you trying to say we were too quick

in taking this lead for evidence?

Our verdict will decide whether Zoé gets to go

study in Italy or not.

And Isabelle Guibodeau?

I'll talk with the procurer.

I'll point out the attenuating circumstances. We'll see.

You're skirting the rules.

That's true.

Maybe I'm under the influence of someone shady?

For Zoé

- Do you need anything? - No, I just came to say bye.

- To say bye? - Yes.

OK.

Alice is very happy with her guitar lessons.

It was a great idea.

Thanks.

I just hope Thomas won't be too jealous.

No.

He's acting weird. He looks sad.

He wanted to be a rock star as a kid.

I remember. He massacred Pink Floyd and the Stones.

Well, he was just 9.

Maybe we could offer him some kind of course.

- A what? - A guitar course or...

Yes. But he's grown now, he could ask.

Grown? I'm not so sure about that.

- I know him. - Yeah, right.

Chief Soler here.

Sorry, Chief.

I just stopped your son, for speeding...

in a stolen vehicle.

Uh... I'm coming.

I'll be right there.

What happened?

Thomas stole a car.

Thomas stole a car.

I told you he was acting weird.

And I'm just sitting here like...

Wait. Léa, wait. I'm here.

I'm here.

OK.

- Let's go. - Yeah.

Subtitles: ECLAIR V&A