In 1982, Andr├® Bamberski learns about the death of his 14 year-old daughter, Kalinka, while she was on vacation with her mother and stepfather in Germany. Convinced that KalinkaÔÇÖs death was not an accident, Bamberski begins to investigate. A botched autopsy report raises his suspicions and leads him to accuse KalinkaÔÇÖs stepfather, Dr Dieter Krombach, as the murderer. Unable to indict Krombach in Germany, Bamberski attempts to take the trial to France, where he will dedicate his life to KalinkaÔÇÖs justice and the imprisonment of Krombach.