A crime in the shadow of Oedipus. In a hotel room in a small town in Provence, two bodies lie on the floor.
Frédéric is a young man with a complex profile. His mother died when he was just a child. He will never know maternal love and tenderness. His father married again, this time to a very young woman, Anne. Through her, it is his mother that the young man loves. But it doesn't take long for their relationship to take a tragic turn.