Bill Baker, a driller by profession, is currently unemployed and works odd jobs in his hometown of Stillwater, Oklahoma. One day he leaves for Marseille to visit his daughter Allison, who moved there for school, but was later arrested on charges of killing her roommate, with whom she was also having an affair. During the visit, the girl gives her father a letter to deliver to the lawyer Leparq, in which he explains that the real murderer is a boy named Akim. The lawyer, however, does not feel like resuming the investigation based only on suppositions.
Bill, in order not to hurt his daughter, tells her that the lawyer is working on the case, and at the same time decides to look for the boy on his own but, given his ignorance of the French language, he will ask Virginie, a theater actress he met at the hotel, for help. Having obtained a photo of Akim via Instagram, Bill goes in search of him until, one night, he is attacked by a group of thugs. The boys' leader intervenes to stop the fight and, noticing the photo that Bill has with him, asks an arriving Akim if he has something to confess, but the boy denies it. The next day Bill goes to prison with visible wounds on his face and tells what happened to Allison. The girl, furious, yells at him that she doesn't want to see him anymore.
Four months later Bill works as a bricklayer in Marseille and lives as a lodger in Virginie's house, having also established a deep relationship with her daughter, Maya. The two, living under the same roof, have developed mutual affection and begin a relationship. In the meantime Allison obtains permission to leave prison once a month, and the first time she spends a pleasant day with her father, healing their relationship, but that same evening Allison attempts suicide in prison. Some time later Bill takes Maya to a game of Olympique Marseille, a team of which the little girl is a fan, and at the end of the game, in the stands, she notices Akim. Once he leaves the stadium, he follows him and kidnaps him, tying him up in the cellar of the building where he lives. He thus obtains a lock of his hair useful for the DNA test proposed by a detective he had turned to, but Akim tells Bill that he killed Lina (Allison's partner) precisely at the girl's request and that she paid him with a gold chain dedicated to Stillwater.
The police, faced with the evidence provided by Bill, suspect the man and search the cellar, but without finding anyone. Akim was in fact freed by Virginie, who had become suspicious after a visit from the detective, and who subsequently ordered Bill to leave her house and her life forever. The test was positive, framing Akim, who in the meantime had disappeared, so Allison was finally released. Back in America, however, Bill still has doubts about the chain mentioned by Akim so he asks Allison who, in tears, confesses that she actually paid Akim to get rid of Lina, but, due to a translation error, the boy understood that he had to kill her.
Bill, in order not to hurt his daughter, tells her that the lawyer is working on the case, and at the same time decides to look for the boy on his own but, given his ignorance of the French language, he will ask Virginie, a theater actress he met at the hotel, for help. Having obtained a photo of Akim via Instagram, Bill goes in search of him until, one night, he is attacked by a group of thugs. The boys' leader intervenes to stop the fight and, noticing the photo that Bill has with him, asks an arriving Akim if he has something to confess, but the boy denies it. The next day Bill goes to prison with visible wounds on his face and tells what happened to Allison. The girl, furious, yells at him that she doesn't want to see him anymore.
Four months later Bill works as a bricklayer in Marseille and lives as a lodger in Virginie's house, having also established a deep relationship with her daughter, Maya. The two, living under the same roof, have developed mutual affection and begin a relationship. In the meantime Allison obtains permission to leave prison once a month, and the first time she spends a pleasant day with her father, healing their relationship, but that same evening Allison attempts suicide in prison. Some time later Bill takes Maya to a game of Olympique Marseille, a team of which the little girl is a fan, and at the end of the game, in the stands, she notices Akim. Once he leaves the stadium, he follows him and kidnaps him, tying him up in the cellar of the building where he lives. He thus obtains a lock of his hair useful for the DNA test proposed by a detective he had turned to, but Akim tells Bill that he killed Lina (Allison's partner) precisely at the girl's request and that she paid him with a gold chain dedicated to Stillwater.
The police, faced with the evidence provided by Bill, suspect the man and search the cellar, but without finding anyone. Akim was in fact freed by Virginie, who had become suspicious after a visit from the detective, and who subsequently ordered Bill to leave her house and her life forever. The test was positive, framing Akim, who in the meantime had disappeared, so Allison was finally released. Back in America, however, Bill still has doubts about the chain mentioned by Akim so he asks Allison who, in tears, confesses that she actually paid Akim to get rid of Lina, but, due to a translation error, the boy understood that he had to kill her.
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