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This series tells a fictional story inspired by the world of child influencers

and their family influences, the platforms that carry their content

and the brands that use them.

-[camera beeps] -[clicks]

[Mélanie] All right, honey. Let's get ready.

Look over at Daddy. Face the camera.

We'll start with the script we practiced together last night.

Okay?

Ready, and action!

Hello, Happy Fans.

Life is good, life is great, life is...

[Mélanie whispers] Fantastic.

Morning, Happy Fans.

[Mélanie] No, it's better when you say, "Hey, Happy Fans."

Oh, yeah. Hey, Happy Fans.

Life is good, life is great, life is fantastic!

[Mélanie] Okay, let's do one more when you have even more excitement.

Hello, Happy Fans!

Life is good,

life is great, life is fantastic!

[Mélanie] Amazing, honey. That's perfect.

[Bruno] Actually, can we do one more shot that's a close-up?

[camera beeps]

[♪ slow upbeat music playing]

[thunder rumbling]

1 YEAR LATER

[people chattering indistinctly]

Yes! Whoo!

-Sammy, can I play with you? -Whoo!

No, not right now.

Aw, please?

-Not now, we're playing soccer. -[girl] Yes, we have.

I wanna play a game of hide and seek.

Hide and seek is for babies.

Let's go play.

-Kimmy, no! -[boy] Let's go!

[girl] Shoot! Pass it to me!

Let's go play, Sammy.

-[boy] Go, go. -Hey, uh...

Hey, guys. I'll come back in five minutes.

-[boy] Go ahead. -[girl] Yeah, go ahead.

-[children chattering indistinctly] -You're annoying, Kimmy.

-Come on. -Where are we going?

We'll play hide and seek together. Okay?

Go stand there.

Count to 50, okay? And I'll go hide.

Yeah, right.

One, two, three, four,

five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten...

[clanging in distance]

Eleven, 12, 13, 14...

[car beeps]

[♪ foreboding music playing]

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF KIMMY DIORE

[sirens wailing]

[police radio chattering indistinctly]

[chattering indistinctly]

[officer] Hello, Captain.

Okay, fine.

There's entrances to the parking garage on Diderot and on Parmentier.

Okay, do both of them have gates?

-Yeah. You need a beeper to get in. -Okay.

Afternoon, sir.

It's on the right. Thank you very much, sir.

[♪ intense music playing]

[door closes]

[Malik] Just wait, her mom's a handful.

What did her brother say?

He stayed quiet so far.

[officer] Captain.

[Malik] You good?

Mrs. Diore?

-Hello. -Hello.

Captain Roussel.

-Afternoon. -Afternoon.

What's your name?

Sammy.

I'm Sara.

Could you please tell me what happened today?

Um, we got back here about 4:45.

Kimmy wanted to play outside with Sam,

but at first, I didn't want her to because we had to work.

We had to do a costume challenge, plus, it was about to rain,

but I ended up saying yes, and, uh, she went outside.

[Sara] Did you play with your sister?

Well...

So she was out there with you too?

Yeah, but she wanted to play hide and seek.

That's for babies.

My friends were playing soccer, so she left.

[Malik] She left?

Where did your sister go?

The garage.

You didn't see her after she left you?

No?

When did you realize she had disappeared?

Uh, around 5:15.

I wanted to call her inside,

and I didn't see her when I looked outside,

so I went downstairs and I couldn't find her.

At that time, where were you, sir?

-Just, uh... -My husband was here,

but the problem... The problem is my daughter is missing.

[Sara] And we're doing everything we can to find her.

The search is being organized.

-She could have just wandered off. -Absolutely not.

She never leaves here without our permission.

-There's no way she just-- -Bruno, come on.

-Can I take a look at her room? -[Mélanie] Yes.

[Mélanie] She loves to draw.

[dog barking in distance]

She has a lot of dolls.

Yeah, and there are more upstairs.

-Upstairs? -Yes, on the third floor.

-Wanna go see? -Yes.

[keys jingling]

[Sara] Is this apartment the same as the one below?

[Mélanie] Yes, but this is a studio.

Wait, I can turn that on.

[clicks]

[Sara] I don't think I understand.

What do you do here?

You don't know about us?

No.

[♪ upbeat music playing]

[singing] ♪ I feel like, I feel like Feel like I made it ♪

♪ I feel like, feel like I made it ♪

Hello, Happy Fans!

We hope life is good, life is great, life is...

Fantastic!

[Mélanie] And we're back today, as promised, for a...

[Kimmy] Food challenge!

Three burgers to guess.

Click Burger King and McDonald's.

We'd like to thank them all. And let's start.

Mmm.

So?

[Kimmy] This is McDonald's.

[Mélanie] Hmm, maybe. Let's move on.

Try the second one.

This is... I think this one's Quick.

So it's about advertising?

Oh, it's, uh, more of a collab with brands we choose that Kimmy likes, of course.

Do you think someone who watches these videos

could hold a grudge against you two?

Well, our videos get from five to 25 million views,

so, yeah, it's a possibility.

So is this the apartment where you film?

-Yes. -[cell phone ringing]

Excuse me.

[Malik] Okay, we're coming.

[Sara] Kimmy Diore is six years old.

She was abducted today from the parking structure at her home at 5:09 p.m.

Kimmy was wearing a little white top and a purple skirt with gold buttons.

She also had her octopus blanket, which she always has.

The abduction was not violent.

From the footage we have, we believe it's highly likely

that Kimmy knew her kidnapper.

As we know, the first 24 hours are important

when it comes to child disappearances.

The family's YouTube channel is called Happy Récré.

It's run by the mother, Mélanie Diore.

it has five million subscribers and over 700 million views.

With those kinds of views,

last year it generated over $2 million in profits,

and that doesn't include brand deals.

[crowd chanting] Kimmy! Kimmy! Kimmy! Kimmy! Kimmy!

[chattering indistinctly]

Kimmy from the channel HAPPY RÉCRÉ is here today for a SPECIAL AUTOGRAPH session!

KIMMY FROM THE CHANNEL HAPPY RÉCRÉ IS HERE TODAY FOR A SPECIAL AUTOGRAPH

If you want to grab boxes like this,

Arthur's Macaroons, they're right over there!

This is the limited series for Happy Récré.

[all] Life is good, life is great, life is fantastic!

And you, too, can follow the adventures of Little Kimmy Diore

and her million-subscriber channel, Happy Récré.

I believe we can expect a ransom demand in the next few hours,

but I don't want to rule out that it could be a pedophile.

We've circulated the footage of Kimmy and the car they were in

to her colleagues nationwide.

Unfortunately, the license plate is a fake,

but I wanted to track down that car.

-Lou, you can grab the video-- -Hey, there, Happy Fans.

You know life is good,

-life is great, life is... -[all laughing]

[Kimmy] Fantastic!

Uh, pardon.

-You good? -Yes.

Thanks.

Sorry, Lou. I was telling you to get on--

Video surveillance, yeah.

-And find me everywhere that car went. -Okay.

Right now, I need an onsite team of 15 people

to help me search around the neighborhood.

It's been three hours since Kimmy Diore disappeared.

I want all the information.

Who's friends with them,

jealousies, pettiness, old unresolved issues, everything.

We share information, we share everything.

We leave no stone unturned.

[dog barking]

It will also be your job to tell residents not to post anything on social media.

The girl is an Internet star.

If this leaks, the media will be on our asses.

[barking]

[helicopter hovering]

Right, right. Very good.

-[man 1] Kimmy! -[man 2] Kimmy!

-Kimmy! -Can you hear us?

-Kimmy! -Kimmy!

-Call back up. -You got it.

It's all right.

[Lou] That's all for now, Mrs. Diore.

We've taken Kimmy's tablet

so we can see if anyone has contacted her.

[Mélanie] Okay.

And if anyone calls you, sends odd messages or says anything suspicious,

you should immediately contact us.

Yes, the captain told us that too.

All right.

-Goodbye. -Goodbye.

[Bruno] Why did you lie?

[Mélanie] They don't need to know everything.

If it's our fault...

We should have known something would happen.

Why would you say that?

-The gifts and the money. -That has nothing to do with this.

I don't understand how you can stay so calm.

[Mélanie] Get a grip, Bruno. There's no point in panicking.

We'll find her.

[sobbing]

Hello?

Hello.

What are you doing?

Just looking.

And you? Haven't you found her yet?

[door opens]

[♪ suspenseful music playing]

[children cheering and laughing]

[Malik] So tell me, what's Kimmy like at school?

She's a little quiet.

-Quiet? -Yes,

she doesn't play with the other kids.

Does the fact that she's famous cause problems with the other students?

[principal] That's something we considered right away.

And that's why Mrs. Diore chose our establishment.

So then, there's not jealousy? No bullying?

Well, you know how kids can be with each other,

but truly nothing serious.

There was that report, though.

Report?

Last year, uh, social services came to ask us questions.

involving a report.

What type of report?

Suspicion of mistreatment.

But I didn't think that it was justified.

How so?

Obviously, I could be wrong,

but it seems to me that Mr. and Mrs. Diore aren't abusive towards their children.

You know them well?

Yes. Especially the mom.

Mrs. Diore is very involved in school activities.

She donated all the tablets in our classrooms.

And so, who filed the report?

-An after school teacher. -[Malik] From your school?

Yes.

-Can I get her name? -Élise Villers.

[cell phone ringing]

Yes, my love?

Yeah, I'm... I'm sorry. I'm busy right now.

Study book Kimmy Diore

Yeah.

I'll call you back soon, I promise.

I love you.

[children imitating guns]

-Oh! -[teacher] All right. Come on.

-[boy] No, we're playing. -All right, boys.

-It's reading time. -No, not reading. No!

-[girl] Oh, no. -[boy] No! No!

I went on vacation.

You wanted to speak with me? I'm Élise.

How's your relationship with Kimmy?

My relationship?

Hmm, I don't know. Normal.

I know her well.

Know her well how?

It's my job to look after the kids here,

but Kimmy spends time here during recess.

[Sara] Why?

Because she's all alone, that girl.

She gets teased quite a bit.

Usually it's nicknames that are a bit cruel.

Sometimes they decide not to talk to her all day.

The other day was bad.

Some kids locked her in the toilet

and started shouting "pee-pee" and "poo-poo" and...

What about the report?

That was me.

[watch beeping]

[Malik] Can you tell us why you sent that?

Kimmy wasn't doing well back then.

She scratched herself till she bled.

One day, she cut her hair in the middle of the playground.

She hardly ate anything at lunch.

She even became aggressive with others.

I felt there was a lot she wasn't saying,

that she was working a lot

because what she does at home is a real job, you know.

So the investigation found nothing.

[Sara] And you just accepted that.

There was nothing else to do.

Thank you. We'll keep you posted.

Kimmy stopped coming five months ago.

Mrs. Diore texted me Kimmy wouldn't be singing any longer.

It was shocking.

That little girl loved singing.

I never had a good feeling about that woman.

She decides everything for her. It's weird.

[woman] Ever since they bought the third floor

and their villa in the south,

they stopped acting like normal people.

In my opinion, they let the fame get to their heads.

You know their real name is "Dioré", right?

Yeah, two years ago, they lost the accent because it's fancier. [scoffs]

[Lou] Come on, my little pedophile, come here.

-[clicks] -Come on, show me your face.

Uh, yeah.

All right. I'll catch you in your little car, pedophile.

[keyboard clacking]

Come to me, come on.

Come on, come on, come on!

That's it. Over here.

-Okay. -How's the car videos?

Well, uh, it's coming, but it would go faster

if the mayor's office had any sense of urgency.

They haven't sent in the southern zone.

-Put some pressure on 'em. -[watch beeping]

It's been 18 hours since she disappeared.

[whirring]

Bruno Diore GPS Coordinates

-[Malik] Sara. -What?

[Malik] Look at this.

Potimosieur_ 86 - WHERE IS THE VIDEO dsqodssieur - THE FRIDAY'S VID!

Jeancee_a - WHEN'S the video? Grongue_star - WHERE'S THE VIDEO?

Recree_fanclub - WHY ISN'T THE VID here... Sar@h_joinville - PLEASE WHERE'S THE VIDEO

[Sara] Mr. and Mrs. Diore?

-[Bruno] Hello. -Follow me, please.

You're going to be with me.

[siren wailing]

-[Mélanie] My husband's not coming? -[Sara] No.

[Sara] Take off your glasses, please.

Thank you.

You've got bad news, don't you?

No. We don't have anything.

Why did you call us?

I think you've left something out.

[Malik] We recovered the GPS coordinates of your car.

You weren't home when Kimmy disappeared.

Why did your wife lie to us?

I don't know why she did.

So where were you when Kimmy disappeared?

I was out running errands.

-Where? -In Massy.

But then, before going home, I stopped on the way back.

To do what?

To take a nap.

You'd nap in your car?

I just wanted to rest for a few minutes, but then I fell asleep.

Where?

In a parking lot by the abandoned mall.

[Sara] Why did you lie to us about your husband's alibi?

Because my husband prefers to sleep in his car than in our bed.

I was ashamed.

I watched the videos on Happy Récré.

The videos seemed fake.

You know, Happy Récré isn't a facade. It's our life.

I mean, yes, it's hard work,

and yes, sometimes you have to satisfy sponsors

and show the best version of yourself.

But what you see in the videos is true.

[Malik] How long were you in the parking lot?

I don't know, uh...

From 11:00 until 5:00 p.m. when...

When Mélanie called to say Kimmy had disappeared,

I'm not sleeping well at the moment, and I've tried everything.

Drugs, pills. It seems I can only sleep in my car.

Our family is close.

We're successful, and we know it.

I have three companies.

I created them to secure my children's future,

and Kimmy is the happiest girl in the world.

She helps with people's dreams,

And your husband? What does he do?

He films, he edits and does special effects for the videos.

He sorts our mail.

[Sara] So you're the boss, then?

Yeah, sure. But Bruno does a lot.

Happy Récré is us. It's our family.

It's our dream come true.

[door opens]

What's going on? Did I scare you?

-No. -You seem jumpy.

-Well, uh, the DA called again. -And?

It's Salomé Jonas.

-She's the judge. -Yeah, of course it would be her.

Do you believe the story about napping in the car?

No, I don't.

It seems weird.

[inhales] Okay, I want to know everything.

[watch beeping]

Twenty-four hours.

[♪ pensive music playing]

What are you doing?

It's nothing.

Be a little patient, Happy Fans, the new video is coming soon

Yes, that's fine.

She drowned.

-Good morning. -Morning.

-Go ahead, Captain. -Thank you. Morning.

[Salomé] Yes?

-Hello. -Hello.

Sorry, I was hoping to speak to you.

You couldn't call me?

I didn't think you'd answer.

All right.

Today I heard you were assigned the case for Kimmy Diore.

And?

I wanted to talk. We need to work together.

-I don't know about that. -What?

Disappearance of a minor, huge media issue.

It's possible I'll have to hand it over to homicide.

They have more resources than you.

But we started the investigation. We're doing it all.

But you found nothing.

If we find the little girl cut up at the bottom of a hole or in a cellar,

well, we can't make a mistake.

Yeah, we're on it.

The family and the videos, we're looking into it all.

If you're on this case, I'll have to step down.

Why?

I'm not ready for this.

Let me stay on this case.

Either way,

don't show up here unannounced.

I have a phone and a clerk. Okay?

Okay.

[Lou] 5:11 p.m., Avenue de la République.

But then I've got nothing for 150 meters.

5:11 p.m, still Rue Louise Michel.

5:12 p.m, Rue Victor Hugo. We're getting the grand tour.

Now... Rue Simone Veil.

At 5:14 p.m, you can see Kimmy.

-[Baptiste] Ah, yeah -[officer] Yeah. Shit.

-[Baptiste] That picture's clear. -Can you see the driver?

Unfortunately, no.

You can kind of make out a silhouette, but it's not clear enough.

Also, I noticed he's wearing gloves.

I don't know how he's doing that in this heat.

So he can hide his prints.

Oh, okay, Sherlock.

And at 5:16, they're at Archives crossroad,

-and after that I lose her. -[knocking on door]

We just got a report. They found the guy's car.

It's abandoned in a parking lot,

but there's no trace of the kidnapper, or the girl.

[♪ ominous synth music playing]

[police radio chattering indistinctly]

I was on my way home when I saw the smoke on the road,

and I was just driving over there, so I came and saw the car.

-Where do you live? -I live right there. Back there.

Yes, almost there. Bravo!

Remember, don't use your hands, okay?

Mmm, she's very talented.

I think my IQ score's going down just watching this.

-[Mélanie] How was that applesauce? -My oldest daughter is a subscriber.

She loves her.

It's completely stupid.

Seven million views?

Do you realize how much money they're making?

Yes!

We hope that life is good, life is great, life is...

[Kimmy] Fantastic!

How's it going?

Tell us about the 24 hour in the shower challenge!

It's okay.

[Mélanie] All right. Here's your iPad.

Is there anything else you need?

[Kimmy] Mmm... A burger with fries.

[Mélanie chuckles] A burger and fries?

Okay, I'll bring it over to you, but don't get out of the shower.

[lighter clicking]

[Baptiste] Where'd she get those scars?

You don't want to know.

I do.

Well, she was driving on the main route,

and in front of her, there was a semi-trailer carrying metal beams,

and then the trailer detached.

The beams scattered all over the road,

and one of them went right through her windshield,

and there, bang, it hit her.

And her eyeball was hanging out of its socket,

hanging on by the nerve.

The hospital couldn't do anything.

So she got an eye transplant from this guy who had just died.

Seriously.

When Sara looks at you,

-then Jean-Luc is looking, too. -Oh, fuck you, asshole.

-The truth? -Only Malik knows it.

Ah, okay.

[lighter clicks]

Think we'll find Kimmy?

I don't know.

There aren't a lot of scenarios.

Either it's a pedo and, uh, we're going to find her all banged up pretty soon.

Or it's an amateur who's improvising the whole thing.

He'll have to be very careful because if he panics,

it could end badly for him,

or, well, he's a pro and we'll have to roll out the big guns.

He'll be waiting for the right moment to ask for the ransom he wants.

[dog barks in distance]

What's your guess?

To me, this is a guy who did his job without violence,

prepared his gloves, his fake license plate

and then torched his car just before disappearing.

He's no idiot.

It could be something weird with the family.

Like Greg.

The more time passes without a ransom demand,

the weirder it is, that's for sure.

Can you imagine being the parents?

No. I'd have to quit.

In any case, this is going to be a rough first week for you.

-[beeps] -[Sara's mother] Hi, sweetie, it's Mom.

I'm home, so come over for dinner whenever you want.

Hugs and kisses. [kisses]

Hi, sweetie, it's Mom.

I'm home, so come over for dinner

-whenever you want. -[Baptiste] I'm off.

Have a good night.

Yeah. Good night.

Good night.

[cell phone ringing]

Yeah, Sara?

[Sara] What are you doing? Where are you?

I went to check out where the dad takes his day naps.

What are you doing?

I'm going home now. I'm beat.

What about the search and rescue?

They're extending the perimeter of the search.

I'll keep you posted.

[Malik] Okay, sounds good. See you tomorrow.

[cell phone ringing]

Hey. Hey, my love.

How's it going?

It's been tough.

We're not getting anywhere. It's getting complicated.

The girls asleep?

-Malik, it's 11:00 p.m. -Yeah.

Are you coming home?

Almost. I gotta run back to the office first.

Make sure you come in quietly.

-Love you, sweetheart. See you. -Love you.

-[door opens] -[keys jingling]

-[cat meows] -[door closes]

[Sara sighs] I'm sorry.

Here you go.

[helicopter hovering]

[dog barks]

Kimmy!

Kimmy!

Kimmy!

Kimmy!

[faucet running]

Kimmy!

Mom, if they don't find Kimmy,

will you be sad like before?

I know we'll find her.

I could help with the videos.

We'll figure that out later.

We're all tired, okay?

-But the Happy Fans... -Don't worry.

You get some sleep now.

Do you wanna hear a song?

Mmm.

[singing in French]

♪ There was a hen that was red That laid eggs on the bed ♪

♪ A little tiny egg That Sammy ate as it was warm ♪

♪ There was a hen that was yellow And laid eggs in the snow ♪

♪ A little tiny egg That Sammy ate as it was warm ♪

♪ There was a hen that was brown That laid eggs in town ♪

♪ A little tiny egg That Kimmy ate as it was warm ♪

[cawing]

-[Mélanie] Bruno! -What?

-[Mélanie] Bruno! -What?

"Beg me, plead with me, beg for your daughter's forgiveness.

"But don't talk to anyone if you want your daughter to survive."

[Kimmy] Mom, it's Kimmy. I want to come home.

[Bruno] It's okay.

It'll be okay.

[continues sobbing]

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF KIMMY DIORE

[♪ dramatic music playing]

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