The first instalment of the trilogy is hard-boiled political noir in the vein of Jean Pierre Melville, as we follow Bruno, a revolutionary belonging to the extreme left, who after a bloody escape from prison, makes his way through the city of Grenoble trying to re-group with old comrades and settle scores with old enemies. Dodging and ducking Pascal, a downtrodden cop looking to restore his own damaged credibility, Bruno finds an unlikely ally in the form of Pascal's morphine-addicted wife, Agnes.

Showing the world from the perspective of a man clinging to outdated modes of political change, he appears to be little more than a psychopath. Isolated, desperate, and not even aware that the political cause he holds so dear is now all but extinct.

As the films starts the audience is with Bruno ' cheering on the hero as he escapes captivity, the police, and re-establishing contact with his allies, but then little by little, we are witness to the face of his victims. Which leaves us with the question ' how can one justify such acts? Bruno, the terrorist, can't ' his savage acts become as compelling as they are ruthless, leaving the other characters broken and us, the audience, with a stunning introduction to the trilogy.