In 1978, Nicolas Hulot is a young photographer of 24 years in search of scoops. After the kidnapping of baron Empain, it stash in front of his home, avenue Foch to be the first to the shooter after its release. Remember, the belgian industrial had been kidnapped by gangsters demanding a ransom of 80 million francs to release him. To prove that the baron was in their possession, they had joined his little finger for the ransom demand.

The young Nicolas Hulot decides to stand guard in his old Lancia parked in front of the residence of the baron. He eats in his car…