Spring 1963. Terror reigns in the capital. In one month, 4 young boys disappear without leaving a trace. Searches by the police prove fruitless. When a crow hunter spots a small body in a sand dune, the police quickly raise suspicions about a well-known man from the village of Pont-Rouge.
Pont-Rouge is a small village where nothing ever happens, until the body of a murdered young boy is found. The man in the sights of the police is well known to the villagers for his dark criminal past. Thanks to the recklessness of a young boy, Léo-Paul Dion is arrested. He is forced to make disturbing confessions about his victims.
Léo-Paul Dion's trial is resounding and the evidence is overwhelming. Me Guy Bertrand, a young lawyer hitherto unknown, defends the "Monster of Pont-Rouge" and tries to save him from the death penalty. Heated public debate over mental illness stems from these high-profile court proceedings.
While his client was sentenced to death, Me Guy Bertrand tries his best to have his sentence commuted. Locked in a prison in Quebec, will Léo-Paul Dion escape the death penalty? Ten years after the events, the first serial killer in Quebec will bequeath his memories to his lawyer.
Jean-François Poisson
Director
