In the summer of 1991 an elderly woman Ghislaine Marchal is found murdered in the basement of her home with the message "Omar M'a Tuer" (Omar has kill me) written beside in her own blood. Despite a lack of forensic or DNA evidence, her Moroccan gardener Omar Raddad is found guilty and sentenced to 18 years in a French prison. Shocked by the case, and convinced of his innocence, journalist Pierre-Emmanuel Vaugrenard moves to Nice to investigate, and uncover the truth...
Sami Bouajila
as Omar Raddad
Maurice Bénichou
as Maître Jacques Vergès
Denis Podalydès
as Pierre-Emmanuel Vaugrenard
Salomé Stévenin
as Maud
Nozha Khouadra
as Latifa Raddad
Afida Tahri
as Latifa's mother
Yanis Abdellaoui
as Karim as a child
Ayoub El Mahlili
as Karim s a young boy
Martial Rivol
as President Djian
Lounès Tazairt
as Mr. Sheriff
Liliane Nataf
as Mrs. Marchal
Catherine Salviat
as Hélène Carrère d'Encausse
