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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.

Élise Villers?

Go in! Go ahead!

[door jiggling]

[grunts]

[insects buzzing]

Élise Villers?

[water leaking]

Where are you?

[Baptiste] Up here.

[Sara] Make sure you check everywhere.

Found nothing in the closet! She's gone for sure.

Well, fuck.

She's gone.

What's that smell?

[sighs]

No, Sara, you can't go up there.

[Sara] No one will know. Don't tell anyone.

But I checked there.

-[grunts] -Come downstairs, Sara.

Sara!

You're gonna get yourself fired.

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF KIMMY DIORE

[Malik] Mrs. Diore, I have to ask again.

Are you the one who organized your daughter's kidnapping?

[sighs]

There's no way you think I did it.

We're wasting time here.

You're not answering my question.

I gave you my response 10 times.

No, I didn't organize my daughter's kidnapping

just because I thought it would get us followers.

I'm not so desperate.

And can you prove that?

I'm done. I want a lawyer.

I want a lawyer.

Yes. Okay, fine.

-[phone buzzing] -You're not helping us, Mrs. Diore.

Hey.

Élise Villers is the one who kidnapped Kimmy.

What are you talking about? Who is that?

She's that teacher who made the report to CRIP.

-I found Kimmy's blanket in her place. -But why are you at her house?

I'm with Sara, I'll explain later.

-[engine revving] -Hey!

Hey! Sara!

Goddamn! What the hell?

Fuck this!

-Malik, can you come with me please? -Yeah, sure.

What's going on?

[Baptiste on phone] In the last six months,

she's been to Revin in the Ardennes eight times.

It's in a dead zone. Must be where she took Kimmy.

-Are you still there? -Yeah, but--

But what? What?

-I think Sara is on her way. -To the Ardennes?

-Yeah, she took the car. -You're joking.

-No, she's gone. -Shit!

[phone ringing]

-Hello? -Sara, what are you doing there?

Stop, you know we don't have

-any time to lose. -Enough!

-You're getting us into a big mess! -It's got to be her! We found her!

-I'm two and a half hours away. -Sara!

-You need to get there. -You're not allowed to do this!

-[call hangs up] -What the hell, she hung up on me!

Even Baptiste is fucking us over.

They're a bunch of clowns!

-Goddamn. -Malik, you can't stop her from going.

You've got to call Salomé

and get her to lift her ban or this will affect us all.

You're right. I'm calling the cops there.

-What town did he say it was? -Revin in the Ardennes.

Kimmy? Look what I made for you.

Hi, there. Look, it's finished.

Oh, so cute.

Do you like it? You know what it is?

Uh, it's a bear?

Mmm... Nope.

Let's try putting this on.

Right here.

-Now you know? -Uh...

-Uh, yeah, it's a squirrel. -Yeah, it's a squirrel.

Well, maybe we can give him a tail here.

-Yeah. -It's for you.

Ah, it's nice. Look.

Can I maybe have some lemonade?

No, you can't have that much sugar.

But I like lemonade.

Well, how about some water, then?

-No. -That's all we got.

All right. You wait here.

And when are my parents coming to pick me up?

I want to see them.

[phone ringing]

[Sara] Hello?

[Lou] How is it vacationing in the Ardennes? Is it nice?

Okay, what?

Salomé agreed to lift your ban, but I wanted to warn you,

upper management is pretty annoyed. You're in trouble.

Have you spoken to the cops up here?

Malik got in touch with the captain there.

They're in the process of assembling personnel and drones

to fly over the forest.

The dead zone spans about 45 square kilometers.

[audio breaking up] Captain Bozar is waiting for you on site.

-Captain who? -[audio breaking up] Bozar.

-Bozar? -Yeah.

Malik left with some officers,

they should be there in about two and a half hours.

-[audio breaking up] Then I'll be able-- -Hello?

-Can you hear me? -Hello? Sara, I can't hear you.

-[call drops] -All right, that's the dead zone.

What's up?

You bummed 'cause you got ditched

or 'cause you wanted to leave with her?

I don't care.

Lou.

I don't like this.

I'm done.

Okay.

How abrupt.

Can you lock her up for now, please?

[door slams]

[sighs]

[Élise] Kimmy?

Kimmy, I'm going to get us something to eat.

[whines] No.

Well, I promise I'll hurry back.

Yeah, but I want to go with you

-to the store for once. -Oh, no, hun, that's not possible.

Because you have to go through the forest and you know what's in the forest.

There's big spiders, there's monsters. And we could die.

Yeah, but I don't want to go back in the cave!

But you know you're safest in the cave, Kimmy. Huh?

And when I get home, if you want to, we could play a game.

Come on. You can take Mrs. Giraffe, that way you'll have company in the cave.

-Come on. -No!

-Kimmy! Ugh! -[whines]

-Kimmy, stop that. -[whines]

-Come on, that's enough. -[whines]

Get inside now.

Come on, let's go. Let's go.

Don't fall in the hole.

Go down, it's all right.

There you go. You be good now, okay? Good.

-Okay, keep going. -No!

Let's hurry.

-[gasps] -Watch out.

Let me turn on the fairy lights, okay?

You stay with Mrs. Giraffe and I'll be back really soon.

Okay?

All right. See you later.

[Sara] We know for certain that Élise Villers abducted Kimmy Diore

on July 5th, 13 days ago.

Élise Villers is the mother of Ilan Berman.

He was Kimmy Diore's best friend.

In 2020, Ilan and Kimmy were regularly filmed by Mélanie Diore.

She posted hundreds of videos of the two of them on Facebook.

Until she created her YouTube channel, Happy Récré.

Since Ilan was disabled,

Mélanie Diore gradually cut him out of the videos

and their lives to make her daughter a star.

Shortly after, Ilan died from a degenerative disease,

while the Diore family grew successful,

making millions in profits off the channel.

So we believe this is Élise's form of revenge.

We just hope Kimmy is still alive at this time.

[Bozar] So, you can see the perimeter of the dead zone.

There are several farms and houses.

Most are empty and not accessible by road.

Most of the farms don't have electricity or running water.

We'll have to stop by each house

-one at a time. -Okay.

[Bozar] We'll cover ground quickly.

Guys from GIGN and the canine unit will join us on site.

Okay, so we're going to split into four groups east to west.

Since there's no network on site, we'll communicate using the radios.

We'll give you a walkie-talkie.

-Use channel three. -Thank you.

Check every inch of the forest and every house.

Talk via the walkie-talkie every 20 minutes.

-Let's get going. -[all] Come on.

[officer] Go.

[dogs barking]

[officer 1] This way.

[officer 2] Kimmy!

-[officer 3] Let's go. -[officer 2] Kimmy!

-[officer 4] Kimmy! -[officer 2] Kimmy!

[K9 officer] Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Go!

We're moving on to the next farm.

You don't have the authority to give orders over me.

And you don't have the authority to wear your gun in your waistband.

I was attacked by a wild boar.

When I got the gun out of the holster, it was too late.

[Malik] Hello, gentlemen.

Are you Belmadi? Captain Bozar, we spoke earlier.

-Pleasure. -Gentlemen.

[Malik] So, is this where you and Mélanie Diore vacation?

-How's it look? -This house is empty.

[officer on radio] We have a house in sight.

Occupied?

There's a generator running in the front yard.

Where?

Latitude 48, longitude 217, coordinates, southeast, 165, 182.

Okay, we're coming.

[helicopter whirring]

[generator running]

[dogs barking in distance]

[barking approaches]

[gasps]

[officer] Police!

Hands in the air!

Get down!

Get on your knees! Hands over your head.

All right, let's go, ma'am.

Come on, give me your hands. It's over.

[cuffs click]

[Sara] We've seen the videos with Ilan.

We all agree that Mélanie Diore treated you son horribly.

But it didn't involve Kimmy. Why take it out on her?

We've read the statement you made to CRIP.

I know you're really worried about her.

What was the plan?

Hide her here, then flee to another country? Poof, vanished?

We found you. There's no way that would work.

Where are we? Do you own this place, or is it a friend's place? Family?

You need to talk right now!

-[K9 officer] He's got a hit! -[barking]

What is it?

[K9 officer] He's got a hit on something here.

[Sara gasps] That's disgusting!

I know it's you!

We found her toy at your house!

It's over. You lost.

[Malik] I don't think she realizes she's looking at 20 years in prison.

[Sara] Where is she?

I'll talk to Mélanie.

Mélanie's not here. You need to talk to us.

No.

I'll only talk to Mélanie.

And tell her to hurry or else it'll be too late.

Thank you.

[door unlocks]

Your hold has been lifted.

Élise Villers kidnapped Kimmy.

Come on.

[Malik] Thank you.

Remember, this woman has been plotting her revenge for months, maybe even years.

Listen to what she has to say. Go along with her. Don't push her, okay?

Your objective is to find out where Kimmy is.

I'll stay calm.

Okay, you ready?

Okay.

Okay. Let's go find her.

[footsteps approaching]

I want the handcuffs off.

Otherwise I won't talk.

[Malik] Okay, that's fine. Go ahead.

[breathes shakily]

Hello, Élise.

I'm sorry about Ilan.

I know you think I didn't care, but I did.

But that's no excuse.

Actions count more than words do.

And I didn't come to the funeral.

I should have, but I didn't want to face it.

I was selfish and scared.

But you never even called.

No message or anything.

I know.

I think about it all the time.

And I'm sorry.

But you should have been sorry before all this.

If only you knew how many times I had to console Ilan,

because he wasn't allowed to see Kimmy.

[breathes deeply]

Élise, tell me where Kimmy is.

You're not the only one who turned away from my son.

You know, most people couldn't look my son in his eyes.

[whimpers]

But you...

What you did was much worse.

You lied and said you loved him.

Then just threw him away.

[sniffles]

Of course,

it's a good thing you didn't film him like you did your daughter.

At least you didn't ruin him.

I know.

I know it wasn't fair to Ilan.

It was unforgivable.

I know you're better than that.

And I know you don't want to hurt Kimmy.

-Please think about what's right for her. -Hmm.

You don't understand.

Kimmy has been saved.

Kimmy needs to be returned to me.

Her mother.

She's so young.

Oh, so you do know that, then.

Know what?

Well, that Kimmy is very young.

She's not a machine to make people smile or sell T-shirts.

You know, your kids would have ended up hating you.

Sammy because you ignored him,

and humiliated him.

And Kimmy because you used her.

-And you stole her childhood. -[sniffles]

Making money on the Internet off your kids is despicable.

[sobs]

I plan to stop all of it.

If you give me Kimmy back,

we won't make videos.

I... I won't make her do anything she doesn't want to.

Who cares about Happy Récré,

[sobs] I just want to make sure she's taken care of!

[electricity buzzing]

[gasps]

[Kimmy] Élise! Élise, the lights went out!

[footsteps walking]

[match striking]

Élise!

[gasps]

Élise, a fire!

[Élise] Your kids are doomed.

Élise! Fire!

-All those toys, all the plastic gifts... -Élise! Let me out!

...and all those clothes

-created by children forced to work... -Élise, please help!

-...on the other side of the world. -[sobs]

-There's a fire! Élise! -I'm begging you, where is she?

Oh...

You're so desperate for attention.

Hmm?

[Kimmy] Élise!

You show the image of a perfect mother, but...

-Élise! -But...

it's a lie.

-Élise! Open up! -It's dead.

Please help me!

You can cover it in glitter to try and make it shine.

But truly,

it's fake.

It's wrong.

You asked to see me, so I came.

Now tell me where my daughter is.

It's too late.

She's better off where she is.

[Mélanie] What does that mean?

Kimmy is now dead.

[inaudible]

[gun fires]

-[thuds] -[gasps]

[Mélanie] No.

[screams]

[sobs]

[sobbing]

There's smoke over there.

That's smoke! Something's burning! That's smoke!

[Malik] What is that?

-[Sara] What is that? What is it? -[Malik] Hey, guys! Come here!

-What is it? What is-- -Come here.

[panting] Malik!

I'm coming! Take this. Here.

-[officer] Hey, guys, come and help us! -Here you go.

[coughs]

Revin's Brigade, we need firefighters at the Quatre Frères farmhouse right now!

-[Malik] Coming. -[Sara] I'm opening it!

-[groans] -[Malik] There you go.

[coughs] Be careful, Sara!

[coughing]

Kimmy!

She's here! I'm coming!

-[grunts] -Sara!

-You see her? -It's locked!

Come on, honey! You're okay! You're okay. Come on.

-[Malik] Hey. We're here. -It's okay. Come on. It's okay.

[coughing]

It's okay.

-[officer] Water! Water! -It's okay. It's okay.

Water, please. Let's go!

There we go. It's all over.

-Bring some water, hurry. -Grab water!

-[officer] Mrs. Diore! -Kimmy!

-There we go. -Kimmy!

-Mommy! -Kimmy!

-[sobs] -Mommy!

[sobbing]

Mommy!

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

-Don't cry, Mommy. -[sobs]

I'm sorry.

My girl.

I'm so sorry, my baby.

[officers shouting indistinctly]

As you can see,

there is so much excitement around here

as Kimmy will arrive soon with her parents.

[chanting] Kimmy!

[cheering]

[fan 1] Kimmy, we love you!

[camera shutters click]

[fan 2] Kimmy, we love you!

[crowd clamoring indistinctly]

[crowd cheering]

-[fan 1] Kimmy, we love you! -[fan 2] Kimmy, Kimmy! Yeah!

[chanting] Kimmy!

[cheering]

[reporter] Here's a shot of Mélanie Diore waving to the crowd one last time.

So many fans flocked to the building to celebrate Kimmy's return!

For now, she'll be enjoying her reunion with her parents

in private, away from the eyes of the public!

[Serge] Well done, bravo. [grunts]

-[chuckles] -What are you doing?

Chatting with a guy on Tinder.

-He's funny. -Seriously? [chuckles]

Well, yeah, you're abandoning me.

-I need someone else. -Pfft. You're an idiot.

Mmm.

So, what are your plans?

Honestly, I don't know.

Aren't you nervous?

No.

A bit.

It's all unknown,

but it's good.

Today is the start of something new

and that's beautiful.

[chuckles]

[Lou sniffles]

Should we grab a drink with everyone?

Yeah.

[people chattering indistinctly]

-[man] Hey, there he is! -[people cheering]

-You good? -What can I get you?

-Well, I'll have some rosé. -And you, Baptiste?

-Uh, champagne. -Champagne.

Then I'll have champagne too.

-I want to drink with you. -Well, champagne for you too then.

-Thanks. Thanks, guys. -You got it.

-I mean it. Thank you very much. -[Lou] Cheers.

-Cheers. -Thanks, guys.

[chattering indistinctly]

-[Salomé] You good? -[Sara] I'm okay.

This is Baptiste, he... He's decided to leave us.

So Sara already made you hate your job?

You're so young.

No, it's not that.

Well, it's many things, but it wasn't her.

[Sara] It's 'cause Baptiste has a problem with authority.

Hey, I'm off. Baptiste.

I hope you'll remember us well.

-[Lou] Where are you going? -I'm heading home.

Are you serious?

Let him go. He needs to spend time with his family.

Yeah.

[man] Hey, let's toast to Kimmy!

-Yup. -[all] To Kimmy! [cheering]

-Kimmy! -[man] To your captain!

-[all] Captain. -[man] And to our success!

[all] To our success!

And let's not forget, life is good.

Life is great. Life is...

-[all] Fantastic! -There you go.

-That's the slogan from Happy Récré. -Ah!

-[man] So I hear it's Baptiste's last day. -Yeah, yeah.

-Is it your last day? -Come on, lift him up.

Let's go. Let's go.

-Come on. -No, no, no!

-Stop! -[all chanting] Baptiste!

-[all] Ooh! -Come on!

[all clamoring excitedly]

-To the cell! To the cell! -No!

-What are you doing? -To the cell! To the cell!

To the cell! To the cell!

-No, guys. Sara! -It's not that bad!

-It's not that bad! -It'll be fun!

-Come on! -No, no, no, no!

-Let's go, let's go. -No, no, no, no, no.

-Come on! -Come on, guys!

No! No, no, no!

-Get in there, dude. -Don't.

-You'll be fine, calm down. -Come on, come on.

There you go!

-You happy with yourselves? -It's not that bad!

-No? See you. -See you later.

Look, I know you're mad at me.

I don't care, though. I'm gonna be honest.

I'm bummed you're leaving, you were good at this.

No, I'm not mad.

But I wasn't useful.

We saved her, though, that counts for something.

[door unlocking]

All right.

Do you really think we saved her?

[Kimmy] So, Little Red Riding Hood,

with her little basket that was full of surprises

went home

and the wolf

dressed up as Grandma!

And Grandma is in the wolf's belly!

Little Red Riding Hood walks in and says,

"I'm here, Grandma! I've brought you cake

-"and a butter biscuit." -[chuckles]

Oh! And cookies!

-The wolf answers using a voice-- -Kimmy, my sweetheart.

Kimmy, look over here!

Kimmy? Kimmy, can you say hi?

Hello, Happy Fans.

[Mélanie chuckles]

12 YEARS LATER

[cell phone chimes]

[Kimmy] Hi, Mom.

It's Kimmy. It's been a long time.

It's been a very long time.

I don't want to talk to you,

so I'm leaving you this message instead.

I'm suing you for abuse,

unlawful employment of a minor

and infringement of my rights to my image.

It's because you spent years filming me.

You forced me to work.

And you sold my image. [sobs]

[sniffles]

Um, you deprived me of my childhood.

It wasn't normal.

I... I know I'll never get that time back.

So I need to do this. That's it.

See you in court.

I still love you, Mom.

[gasps and sighs]

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF KIMMY DIORE

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