Of Money and Blood

France, 2009. Simon Weynachter, director of the national judicial customs service, sets up a new investigation office to fight against financial crime. During a random search, Weynachter and his teams uncover a seemingly ordinary VAT scam involving two Tunisian crooks from the working-class Belleville district, Fitous and Bouli. They establish a connection with a mysterious trader from the wealthy neighborhood, Jérôme Attias.

Attiass relatives are worried to see him frequenting Fitous and Bouli; his wife and his billionaire father-in-law know that he is capable of any excesses, whether out of a love of gambling or simple provocation. Simon knows that the carbon financial bomb is going to explode. But where? Simon has no idea; nor does he know where his daughter Émilie is, having gone on the road with her boyfriend, a drug addict like her.

In Tel Aviv, Anton Zagury, a figure of the banditry with whom Simon is in contact, agrees to play the role of informant in exchange for a tax arrangement with the French authorities. Attias, Fitous and Bouli continue to rake in millions. The fraud threatens to quickly get out of control. Simon returns to France to alert the authorities who turn a deaf ear. But in Tel Aviv, his informant has come into contact with the crooks.

Released on bail, the carbon crooks set off on a world tour of casinos, spending lavishly and living in luxury with the money stolen from the French state. Carbon money is now a trail of blood in the Pacific Ocean: the "billions" of these small-time crooks attract major crime.

Intoxicated by the danger, Attias now seeks to associate himself with Italian mafiosi, friends of Julia. Simon watches him sink into excess… Questioned once again about their crazy spending, Fitous gets away with it thanks to his usual trick. But he makes his first mistake: Simon discovers at his home an unsuspected clue that links him to an offshore carbon company.

Riddled with debts contracted with dangerous mafiosi and caught in the net of the investigation, Attias struggles and tries to get some air. Playing his last card, Attias hatches a new scheme to escape his creditors: an insider trading that he "sells" to a financier friend. But, once again, nothing goes as planned.