02x05 - Circé

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With the storm
and the rain that poured last night,

trees fell pretty much everywhere.

I'm afraid that…

What is that?

Jean-Christophe for Alain.

Sector Tassigny,

someone's dead.

You know, I'm picking Théo up
tomorrow evening from the airport

I don't think we've ever
been apart this long.

My baby, I miss him so much.

Commander Coste,

Théo is 15.
Technically, he is not a baby anymore.

- Hello.
- Hello.

Besides, no baby goes to Ireland
for vacation to study language.

He'll always be my baby.

When I think back to the little bundle
of joy cuddled up against me.

That's a strong relationship, see.

Ah.

It must have been hard
for your mother when she left.

- I do not know. Hello.
- Hello.

Yes, sorry.
Of course you don't know.

- I'm stupid, sorry Astrid.
- No.

It is a period I have no recollection of.

By the way, nobody remembers
when they were a baby.

True, nobody remembers
when they were a baby, of course.

- This way, Commander.
- Thanks.

- Hello.
- Hello.

Thank you.

Young woman, 30's,
Caucasian, blonde.

b*rned body but intact face.

And in the hair…

What is it?

Feathers, hair, beads.

Kind of an amulet.

This could be
some sort of funeral rite?

Yes, maybe.
The grass is b*rned all around.

Anyhow, she didn't die here.
She was transported post-mortem.

Her spine is shattered so

she must have fallen down
several meters somewhere

and then been brought here.

Well...

we have a stake,
charms in the hair, a circle of fire.

Astrid, have you ever had
a similar file in your hands?

There is a body of
consistent evidence with other files

which all had the same theme.

Which one?

Witchcraft.

Alright, and the fact that
the body is partially b*rned

and the face intact,
that's supernatural, isn't it?

No. Nothing supernatural, no.

It's the rain that
prevented total combustion.

Precisely.

Combustion fed on the body parts
enriched in lipids as a priority.

Thanks Astrid.
Nothing supernatural.

You are welcome, Dr. Fournier.

Hold on.

There's a scar there.

The flesh is charred but
I think it's a cesarean scar.

Done sloppily but I'm pretty sure.

Your witch was pregnant

and she gave birth
soon before her death.

Hello Commander.

I sent emails with her picture to
all the OB/GYNs from the 77.

There are a lot. Here.

Someone from the department
thinks they recognize her.

Cécile Maignant.

- She was supposed to give birth in a month.
- Yeah,

except the lady I talked to told me
she hadn't had any news in a while.

She wasn't even aware of the birth.

We have a m*rder*r and
a baby missing on our hands.

Given they're still alive.

I'm going to the DA's office.

To?

To launch an AMBER alert.

Are you okay?

You don't look good.

Didn't you hear what I just told you?

A woman who had just given birth is dead.

And the motive for her m*rder
was maybe to steal her baby.

Raph, that's the job.

One needs to keep their distance.

I don't know how to do that,
keep my distance.

It hit close to home for me.
And I'm a mom.

Théo's coming back tomorrow

and I remember him being a baby.

Mathias,

we have to find that kid.

Ok.

Newborn missing,
near Boissy Saint-Léger.

Anyone with information

is asked to report to the police.

Ok?

Thanks.

Don't worry.
Everything will be alright.

Thanks.

If located…

No baby found at the victim's

and nothing indicates
she gave birth at home.

But we found a
translucent liquid on the mattress.

Amniotic fluid?

Probably, yes.

Her water must have broken and
she must have left home in a hurry.

Forensics is collecting swabs.

- Did we find a phone?
- No, not yet.

Anyway, she had no social media whatsoever.

A digital ghost, this woman.

We just found an old laptop

but it wasn't used much apparently.

It wasn't there by chance.
We'll keep on searching.

I found her.

I found Cécile Maignant.

Cécile Maignant was a feminist activist,
considered radical

which caused her to be
arrested multiple times.

In 2018, she was arrested
in front of the courthouse of Pontoise

for assaulting Frédéric Morin,
magistrate at the Court of Appeals.

That's the man who found Bonogliat,
the r*pist, innocent right?

Absolutely.

José Bonogliat

appealed a conviction for
repeated r*pes and homicide.

Cécile Maignant was
part of an activist group

called Circe.

Circe.

A well-chosen name.

Why well-chosen?

You know, in Homer's Odyssey,
Circe was the witch

turning Ulysses' comrads into pigs.

The witch?

Presumably, it's an activist group
composed exclusively of women.

A mix between the Femen and the L214.

Most of them stopped over
the same welcome center

called

the Sanctuary,

a center founded in 2006

by an Oksana Antonelco,

that's located

at Bois des Dames in Val de Marne.

3 km away from where
we found the body.

I hope we won't
stumble upon a witch's sacrifice,

right Commander?

Knock it off, Arthur.
It's not funny.

- Astrid?
- Private property. I cannot pass.

- I'm allowing you to pass-
- There is a no-entry sign.

Yeah, I saw.

Look, I'm allowing you to pass.
Come on.

- Thank you.
- There.

You're not going to tell me you're truly
scared of this witch nonsense, Commander?

- What's this?
- What? What is it?

Ah, yes.

What's that goat doing here?

Careful Astrid, it can charge.

Plus, it's a representation of the devil.

Stop it, Nico. That's enough.

You found it?

Thank you.

- It's odd, usually with strangers-
- No touching.

Touched.

Either it runs, or it charges.

It's funny it let itself
be approached like this.

- It ran away from its enclosure?
- Yes,

even if we had taken
all the precautionary measures.

You'd think it has powers.

Come, come on, Lucifer.

No joke, Lucifer?

Come on.

I'll take you to Oksana.

Well...

No, you go, no, I…

Take the goat.

Wait here please.

Wow, no way!

Can you believe it?

It's one of Goya's paintings.

It represents a witches' Sabbath.

You who didn't want to
hear about witches.

Witches are positive
role models though, you know?

Women were demonized,
hunted down,

b*rned by men all because
they were free women

who refused the only position
the patriarchy wanted to give them.

Follow me.

The witch,

a positive role model?

I don't feel like the Circe movement
gives off this image, does it?

Let's say that witches are
a very current role model

for the fight that is theirs.

Theirs?

- You're not a Circe member?
- No.

I founded this shelter

to welcome wounded women.

It's been going on a while.

So it seems natural to me

that some of them
decided to take up arms.

And until further notice,

we never hurt anybody,
as far as I know.

Tea, perhaps?

- No.
- No, thanks.

Yes, with pleasure.

There we go.

Was Cécile Maignant ever a resident here?

Cécile, yes.

Thank you, Ma'am.

She doesn't live here but she's been
visiting the center for a long time.

And,

may we know why
she came to see you?

Come on, I'll show you.

Don't drink that!

Too late, I drank it.

The Sanctuary is
a place to start anew.

Residents feel safe,
helped, and useful.

All those women arrive
in conditions of extreme distress

and we accommodate them here.

Whomever they may be.

Battered women who
left their husbands,

sexually assaulted women,

women with mental illnesses…

The idea is that they're
safe away from men, is that it?

The idea is that fragile,
vulnerable women

would be more exposed than others
to certain men, indeed.

And Cécile Maignant?

And Cécile Maignant is a wounded woman,
like all the others.

Her wounds only concern her.

Cécile Maignant is dead.

It wasn't an accident,
someone k*lled her.

From here on out,
her wounds concern us.

Oh!

What are you doing here?

It's a shelter for women.

- We don't want any men here.
- Sonia!

Sonia! Calm down.

They're policemen.

- Sonia, they're here for Cécile.
- Cécile.

We found her body
in the woods this morning.

Cécile is dead?

She hadn't come in months.

We'll check that out.

And you, I'm counting on you
to give me a list of the residents.

Until further notice,

you remain at the police's disposal.

Your goat.

Don't you touch me, dirty witch.

No!

f*ck.

sh*t, what time is it?

Yes?

- Hey mom, it's me.
- Théo?

I'm opening the door, baby!

Have you seen my pants?

- Who was that?
- My son.

Don't worry,
he's not gonna eat you.

You can stay. He's a big boy.

Put some pants on, though 'cause…

Yes.

My love, my baby!
Come kiss your mom!

I'm thrilled to see you!
I missed you.

- Why are you back so early?
- They announced a strike so

the organization
had us take an early plane.

Ok. Come on in.

- Did you eat?
- No.

What do you want me to cook?

Yes, right.

I'll introduce you.

Young man, nice to meet you.

Mathias Forest.
District Attorney.

Thank you Commander, I think that

thanks to you I have
all the information

I need for the 9 am press review.

Yes, Arthur?

Ok, I'm on my way.

He found something on
Cécile Maignant's laptop.

We found a file on her computer.

#MT

Me too.

Thank you, Nico.
I'm aware of it.

Is that the victim?

Please sit down. Yes.

The video's from 6 months ago.

What the… Doctor, stop.

Please stop.

Damn, he's raping her.

It's r*pe.

But Doctor!

The guy on the video
is called Laurent Lalandier.

He's a gynecologist specialized

in fertility at Port-Royal.

Honestly, it could
look like activist work.

I wouldn't be surprised
the OB/GYN was framed.

Framed for what?

That's not r*pe?

At which moment was he not obligated to
stop when she told him to stop?

Didn't you hear stop?

I heard it. I didn't mean that-

Okay, okay.

Anyway, if she wanted to
post that on the web,

we have a suspect with a real motive.

Well, I'm going. I'd like to have
a little chat with that guy.

A pig, there.

- Yeah.
- There is a pig.

f*ck!

Like the mythological anecdote
related by Captain Perran.

The one where Ulysses' men
were turned into pigs

by a witch named Circe.

Yeah yeah, I know
the legend Astrid, yeah.

That's not blood, that's paint!

Well, it's signed.

It's activist work.

No doubts,
Circe is behind all that.

What does all of this mean?

No yelling.

No yelling, yeah.

If you think I'm gonna be
intimidated by feminist jerks,

I'll call the police.

I'm going to ask you
to follow me, Mr. Lalandier.

He fell.

And the pig?

What are you planning on
doing with the pig?

Which one, Astrid?

Which one…

Cécile Maignant?

No, I don't recognize the name.

That girl gave me another name,
I don't know.

I'm the victim here.
I was framed.

Listen. It's not complicated.

Either you're cooperative,

either it's 96 hours in custody.

48h for the
sexual violences on your patients

and 48 more for
the m*rder of Cécile Magnant.

Suit yourself.

Wait, you saw her camera!
To frame me.

She had turned me on.

That's not on the video.

What is on the video

is you keeping on
when she asked you to stop.

Ever heard of consent?

Ok.

Despite appearances,

you have my word
this girl was totally willing.

And you know,

an out of context video,
it's deceiving.

Well.

We'll interrogate
your patients one by one.

We'll see what they say.

No problem.

I'm serene.

As for the m*rder of
this poor girl, you're mistaken.

I don't have any advice to give you,

but you should look
on the Circe activists' side.

This girl was with them, no?

I believe you don't know
who those women are.

There's one who's
worse than the others.

Sonia Vurcor.

This girl is a true whi-

sh*t.

sh*t, sh*t, sh*t, sh*t!

Call a medic!

The doctor said it was
anaphylactic shock.

He couldn't tell us how it happened.

- Is he in a critical condition?
- No.

No, no,
but he's in intensive care.

They'll run a battery of tests.

Astrid?

Astrid.

Do you think someone
cast a spell on him?

A what?

No.

Nothing, never mind.

Come on!

You should have seen his eyes,
just before he collapsed.

The fear in his eyes! It was…

Do you know when it happened?

At the exact moment he was
going to tell on Sonia Vurcor.

So,

I'm not superstitious,
I don't believe in a lot of things.

But that's not possible.
Those girls have powers.

It's for sure!

- Raphaëlle.
- Yes?

It is not the first time
we are facing strange phenomena.

And we have always found
a rational explanation.

There is always a rational explanation.

Yes.

Still, I wonder what we stepped into.

- Into the Criminal Documentation.
- Yes.

- No!
- Yes.

- No!
- Ah yes.

I found a match on Sonia Vurcor.

Activist degradations?
Something like that?

No. She is a former midwife.

Midwife?

Oh my god!

Raphaëlle.

I need to go to the
social aptitude group meeting.

I cannot be late.
One cannot be late.

Yes, of course.

Meet me after at home for dinner?

Yes, at 8:30 pm.

One must put away the file
before leaving.

- Yes.
- Yes.

It is strange.

When facing witchcraft,

Raphaëlle

loses all rational thought.

My first love was a witch.

It's the first time you've talked to us
about your private life, Alice.

I find it incredible.

What do you find incredible?

That I'm talking about my private life,
or that I go out with girls?

No, no.

That you went out
with a witch, that's all!

What I loved most about her

was her open-mindedness.

She was studying medicine,

and she constantly
clashed with her teachers

because of their
narrowed vision of life.

Let's understand

that difference

is a concept.

Given cultures, a different concept,

a completely subjective concept.

That's true.

Because where I come from,

being born different is a blessing.

From Seine-Saint-Denis?

No.

Before living here,
I lived in the US.

I'm Cheyenne.

I was born in my tribe.

That's why the long hair.

I was wondering.

It is true that with Native Americans,

it's a blessing.

I'm not talking about
your long hair, Max.

I'm a little jealous of it.

We don't all have long hair.
But it's important for me.

- It would look good on you!
- Thank you.

I have long hair, too.

Let's get back to the subject.

Like we said, in some cultures,

they compare autism to witchcraft.

When I was young,

I was called a witch.

But,

witchcraft is also a strange way of

explaining what is unknown.

Here, we're still considered
sick people to cure.

Yes.

Let's say that

in the western world,
especially in France, today,

it's a little like the lottery for us.

I look forward to seeing Astrid.

It's crazy, she must be the
most discreet person I know

yet when I go a long time
without seeing her,

- I have like a void.
- Yeah?

And me?

Do you have a void, too?

No but with you
it's not the same.

When we don't see each other,
you call me every hour.

I don't have the time to have a void.

I'll go.

- Astrid Nielsen.
- Yes Astrid, I'll open.

Thank you, Théo.

So, how long
have you been dating the DA?

I don't know.

It's not serious, anyway.

I don't know. We'll see.

Stop it!

You're so into him.
I know you too well.

You like him, it's obvious.

Oh, hey! I'm your mother,

I don't have to talk about that with you!

Come on, I'm not a baby anymore.

Ah.

- He says it himself.
- Ah, Astrid!

Ok.

Astrid,

take off your coat,
I got your M12 menu.

And let's eat.
It's okay, it's ready.

Are you okay, Astrid?

I do not know.

Earlier,

at the social aptitude group,

I learned that
were I born in another culture,

I could have been
considered a witch.

And cast out of the group.

You know, witches are cool nowadays.

We grew up with Harry Potter.

It's a bit like you with Mickey.

You're nice, but still.

Cauldrons, burning stakes
and everything!

Still.

No. It's more like tutorials,
astrology stuff,

advice or organic potions.
Here, look.

Show me.

"Living in balance
with the moon phases."

Yes.

It almost looks like
personal development.

It works well! 3000 likes.

Raphaëlle.

Look.

There.

- There.
- Soniathewitch.

Yes, it is Sonia Vurcor.

- Oh no that's not possible.
- Yes it is.

- Yeah, you're right.
- Yes.

Cécile Maignant and Sonia Vurcor.

“We're beautiful, my love”

Did you see?

The photo's only 4 months old.

It means they were together.

Well, she kept quiet about that.

- f*ck!
- Astrid?

Are you okay?

You often say it.
It is a figurative expression.

- Well no.
- Yes.

You say damn it, sh*t and f*ck.

- Fournier.
- Yes.

He's done.
He wants us to go see him.

Apparently, it's very important.

I never swear.
That's not true, Astrid.

We'll talk about it later.

So everything is consistent with
what I told you before.

Recent childbirth,

cesarean done
with the means available.

And the cause of death…

The victim would have had a hard fall.

She was therefore b*rned post-mortem.

Coffee, Coste?

No, no coffee, Fournier.
Get to the point, please.

She has a baby
waiting for her at home.

A big,

180 month old baby.

Yes, that's new.
Astrid is joking now.

That's good.

- Fantastic.
- It is funny.

- Yes, it's funny.
- Yes, hilarious.

I have the placenta sample results.

And the mother's DNA
doesn't match the baby's.

Meaning?

- It's a GS.
- Gestational surrogate.

There.

Cécile Maignant was a surrogate mother.

Just got the hospital.

We know what struck the OB/GYN.

It's not a spell,
it's a spider bite.

A black widow.
I'm sure Circe is to blame.

A black widow?

A black widow in Paris, here?

I saw a vivarium when
we visited the sanctuary.

Yeah, me too.

Filled with those beasties.

But how can you prove
the spider belonged to Circe?

It may not be a spell,
but it's witches' business,

No but wait.
Wait! What does it mean?

Does it mean he got bitten here, the guy?

And that maybe there's a damn spider
walking around somewhere?

Yeah. The OB/GYN
brought it back in his stuff.

So,

you laugh when
I say I'm scared of witches,

but you run when you
hear about a small beastie!

Do I call a debriefing?

No. Not right now.
It's Wednesday.

- Yes, Wednesday.
- Wednesday fun day, right?

No, grocery shopping on Wednesday,
Arthur, you know that.

Hello Miss Nielsen.

Konnichiwa Tanaka-san.

Thank you.

Thank you Mr. Tanaka.

See you next Wednesday.

Miss Nielsen.

Yes?

I would be very happy to see you
outside of your shopping time.

See me?

Yes, see you.

You are seeing me now.

Why do it outside of my shopping?

To spend some time with you.

A time other than your shopping.

Ah.

Why do it if I am not doing
my grocery shopping?

I don't know,

just to spend some time together.

Ah!

Goodbye.

If the victim's DNA and that of the baby
she was carrying don't match,

that means Cécile Maignant was
a surrogate mother for an in vitro

made from a sperm and egg donation.

That's right. Fournier is
certain it's a surrogacy.

I got the gynecologist. Cécile
came to see her in her 4th month.

She said the father wasn't in France
anymore, that's it.

- If it's a surrogacy, it was certainly abroad, right?
- Yeah, it's very likely.

USA, Canada, Russia.

To sum up, we have on one hand,
Cécile Maignant

a pregnant woman for a surrogacy,

and on the other, Sonia Vurcor,
a former midwife.

And a C-section on the victim.

Apparently, these two were together
before Cécile's pregnancy.

And they planned their hidden camera
operation against Lalandier together.

And Cécile did the r*pe video.

Speaking of video, CCTV caught

Sonia Vurcor and another girl getting
a kind of animal box out of a van

from the sanctuary near Lalandier's office,

- a few hours before the pig episode.
- We'll grill them on this.

We need to interrogate Sonia Vurcor

and the shelter's manager at the same time.

Whatever they say, Circe and the sanctuary
are closely connected.

- Sonia Vurcor won't want to talk to a man.
- Yeah, totally.

What is she saying?

She's saying maybe she could
interrogate Sonia Vurcor.

Hello, Mrs. Vurcor.

Ah. There.

I need to ask.

Did you get into Dr. Laurent Lalandier's
consultations office yesterday?

We always claim
responsibility for our actions.

Look deeper into your archives.

I know the Circe organization files very
well, I compiled them.

I know the files.

That van. It comes from your place, right?

I won't say anything that could
compromise Sonia.

Or any women in the sanctuary.

It's a shelter. In principle, it's a place
where we can count on others.

And now, they can count
on me, particularly.

Your shelter, one of its residents is dead.

And we have a video where we can
see her being r*ped by Lalandier.

You can't ignore Circe's actions since
the movement was born at your place.

And all its members are
or were your residents.

At the minimum, you're complicit.

Complicit of what?

At the most, complicit
of denouncing a monster.

Yes.

Then I'm complicit.

You're saying Cécile walked into the
lion's den on purpose?

She was r*ped for the cause?

This kind of guy knows
how to fly under the radar.

They never leave any proof behind.

Cécile was ready to make a sacrifice
for her cause.

In 2018, you were accused of assaulting
Fréderic Morin

in front of the Pontoise court.

Still in 2018, another conviction

for sequestering the
Unitemps' director for 3 hours,

- accused of harassment. In 2019-
- Stop! Ok, that's enough.

- One should not interrupt. I am not finished.
- Do you have any idea what it means?

Constantly fighting against a system
that oppresses you.

Yes.

You know what these women went through.

If they're ready to go so
far so that other women

don't have to go through
what they went through,

- why is it so bad?
- What's so bad is murdering Cécile Maignant!

You know, I can feel when people
hide things from me.

It's kind of my own witchcraft.

And Sonia is hiding something from me.

Look,

I know you're trying to cover for Sonia.

But don't you think you
owe Cécile the truth?

Circe's women are activists.

Not murderers.

Can't you see they're taking advantage
of your disability to soften me up?

You are wrong.

I was not hired as a disabled worker.
I am not part of the 6%.

- That's not what I meant.
- Yet, that is what you said.

Can't you see they're using you?

I volunteered myself. Yes.

I am capable.

I am qualified.

At the sanctuary, it would
have never happened.

You shouldn't let them manipulate you.

- What is she trying to do?
- Wait, look.

Mrs. Vurcor, are you not trying
to manipulate me as well?

If I compare the email exchanges, found on
Cécile Maignant's computer,

with the facts' chronology,

I can see a set of contradictions.

You knew the victim.

You even had an intimate
relationship with her.

We need to know why Cécile Maignant
stopped going to the sanctuary.

I'm a fierce advocate
for systematic abortion.

For me, pregnancy is a tumor you
need to remove.

Alright.

Is she serious or is it provocation?

Damn, you were awesome back there.
Congrats.

That's one hell of a cross-interrogation.

Real Astraëlle work.

Astraëlle?

What do you mean?

Astrid and Raphaëlle. Astraëlle.

Ah.

It is a portmanteau word with both our
names. Astrid and Raphaëlle. Astraëlle.

That's how everyone
calls us at the station.

You didn't know?

Apparently some even think that we…

You know?

We what?

Well, we…

Well, that we're a couple.

It is strange to think that. Why?

You know how people are.

No.

I do not know how people are, Raphaëlle.

And you are with DA Forest, in a couple.

- Yes!
- Bim.

Bim. Twice.

Well, go get some rest.

We have work to do.

Alright.

Astraëlle.

Commander? We contacted the airport.

A ticket was bought with the victim's
name 8 and a half months ago.

And guess the destination?

I don't know. Salem, Massachusetts?

No, you lost. Closer than
that. Athens.

Well, I imagine she didn't go there
to visit the Acropolis.

No. I checked for the surrogacy,
it works.

The country is part of the top destinations
for French people who want kids.

And look what I found. The one who
booked the ticket is Fleur Delorme.

Calm yourself, and tell me everything.

You were there when Cécile d*ed?

And you got the baby back and tried
to make yourself scarce, right?

Where is my baby?

Something eludes me.

The Amber Alert, you saw it?

You recognized Cécile on the photo?

Why not come to us?

Should we understand that you
kidnapped that baby?

I swear I didn't.

Since surrogacy is not
recognized in France,

I was afraid the baby would
never be given to me.

I was hoping to find them by myself.

Do you have any link to Circe?

With the sanctuary?

None.

Except for Cécile.

She was my best friend in high school.

Then we... lost sight of each other.

It's because of this past that she
agreed to do that for you?

I think so, yes.

We met again by chance.

We had become very different.

And quickly, we became very close again.

So I told her my story.

I told her about... my endometriosis.

The horrible pain.

My ART.

My hormone injections. The stress.

When did you last speak to her?

Last weekend.

The pregnancy was going well.

I was so happy to share
this moment with her.

Commander, can I see you, please?

I got the lady's phone records.

She called Cécile about 20 times
the day of the m*rder.

And Cécile never answered.

Raph.

Don't you think we should let her go?

- We don't know where she hid the baby. Maybe they're alone now.
- No, no.

It's not working.

She wanted that child too much
to put them in danger.

- But she's not saying everything.
- A scenario is appearing.

Cécile came to the sanctuary to give birth,

Fleur follows her, Cécile gives birth.

She doesn't want to give the child away,
Fleur kills her and steals the child.

So it couldn't have
happened at the sanctuary.

They must have found somewhere else.
Somewhere remote enough

so no one can hear the baby's cries.
- Yeah.

- Arthur, do you have something?
- There's an abbey less than 1 km from the sanctuary.

- Yes.
- Call forensics. I'm going with Astrid. Thanks Arthur.

Julien, come with us.

Everyone, go around the
building, see if you find anything!

Delivery room?

Yes.

I'll start taking samples.

If Cécile Maignant gave birth here,
we'll quickly know.

Giving birth in these conditions, God,
poor woman.

Commander Coste, here. Come see.

There is blood here. Here.

- Julien?
- Yes?

Call another team.

- I think we found the crime scene.
- Very well.

We're on the right track, Commissioner.

We found both where the baby was
delivered and the crime scene.

We're expanding the
search to find the baby.

Ok, I'll let you know.

Astrid, look.

Keep going!

Hello.

- Hello.
- Hello.

- You didn't hear anything unusual? Nothing special today?
- No.

- Unusual like what?
- Like a baby crying in the woods.

- No, we didn't hear anything.
- No.

Ok. And… Are there abandoned
buildings here? Caves?

There's our old squat down Croix St-Loup.
But we don't go there anymore.

- Why?
- Because of the girls.

Even the dog's afraid.

Where is it?

It is this way.

Go down the clearing, follow the woods.
You can't miss it.

Thank you.

- Goodbye.
- Goodbye.

Don't do anything stupid.

It was to protect him.

I only wanted to protect him.

I would have taken good care of him,

like my animals.

You are afraid.

I understand you.

But there is no
rational reason to be afraid,

you do not have to be afraid.

No one will believe me.

No one ever does.

I know what it feels like

when nobody believes you

on the pretext we are different.

But you have to trust us.

For the baby.

For the baby,

you have to trust us.

Please.

Please.

For the baby.

How many do you have left?

I do not know.

I do not know if
I still have 3, 4 or 5..

Don't worry Astrid,
I think I understand.

It's like a gauge?

To know where you stand?

Yes.

So?

What's the thing now?

A big stake?

Don't start, you!

With all the evidence we found,
you're risking administrative closure.

Talk.

To these dumb cops?

Never!

TALK!

Cécile had a thing for babies.

She wanted to have one someday,

with or without a man.

You think she wanted to
trick Fleur to have a baby?

No, I think she was
sincere in the beginning.

And she changed
her mind during her pregnancy.

Did you know about the surrogacy?

She left me with no explanation.

I found out when she came back
to the sanctuary, panicked.

Her labor wasn't going well.

She explained to me how she was
in symbiosis with the baby.

That she was afraid for her life,

and the baby's.

To not alert Oksana and the girls,

I moved her into
the ruins of the abbey.

Then I went back to the sanctuary
to find some clean clothes.

When I came back, the baby was gone.

So you can believe what you want,

but I swear it's true.

I know.

And I believe you.

I also know where the baby was.

When you went back,
was she alone?

No.

She was with Fleur, right?

She was accusing Cécile
of stealing her baby.

Cécile took refuge in the corner
of the window of the abbey.

- And where were you?
- I couldn't do anything!

Cécile was weak because of her C-section.

She tipped over.

I don't know what happened,

and I think Fleur doesn't either.

What did you do after this?

What was needed.

A woman dead and her baby missing?

We were risking too much!

No one would have believed us!

I told Fleur to go home,

and to stay put.

And I took care of the body.

But you didn't plan for the rain.

Why did you place amulets?

I tried to do the right thing.

I loved her once.

It was her last journey.
I couldn't leave her like that.

I respected the steps
of a pagan funeral rite

to help her cross over.

So, call that what you want.

Witchcraft or whatever.

It was love.

There was no witchcraft.

- No.
- No.

What will happen to me now?

Sonia's testimony and
the elements we found

should prove
Cécile's accidental death.

You will have to answer

for manslaughter and
obstruction to justice.

You can't escape preventive custody.

How is he?

Little Violette has taken good care of him.

Why did she do this?

She heard your fight.

- She was afraid for the baby.
- My baby.

Not for the law, Fleur, I'm sorry.

You're his biological mother

but legally, it will be really hard to
make this relationship exist.

Listen to me,

you will have to be strong.

It's only the beginning.

I moved heaven and earth to find him.

With this context,
I couldn't ask the police for help.

You should have.

This would have been
more simple if you'd come to us.

She will be brought before the court.

I don't know if she'll be able to
get her baby back one day,

but I'll do everything to help her.

The baby will
grow up without his mother.

He will be placed.

I don't know, Astrid.

He will grow up without his mother.

Are you ok?

Come on.

Tell me,
what was that yesterday morning?

What, yesterday morning?
Come on.

Can we have the same?

With my son.

What, with your son?

Oh that, no.
Well, it's just that,

for a moment I thought that...

it looked like we were together.

So I freaked out a little, that's all.

Sorry.

- You thought we were together?
- Yeah.

I don't understand.

Well you know, as a couple.

You, me. Me, you.

“Good evening, honey”.

“Did you sleep well, honey?”

All that bullshit, you know.

But the other day, at the station,
when you took me in your arms?

But you were crying.

I'm not a monster, you know.

Wait...

sh*t.

You thought we were a couple.

No.

Of course not.

You scared me.

- I was just kidding.
- To us!

I'm so hungry.

Well another then!

The same.

I need to go.

Goodbye, Mr. Tanaka.

Goodbye, Astrid.

Hello?

Yes.

Mathilde Nielsen, good evening.

I think that, now,

you are the only one that can tell me
about the only period of my life

that I do not have any memories of.

Alright.