Lidia Achour returns to Peranne following the disappearance of her former partner, Jean Benefro. In addition to Jean's disappearance, a series of gruesome murders pushes Lidia to investigate relentlessly, at the risk of awakening a painful past that everyone thought buried.

八歲的國際象棋神童Fahim被迫離開祖國孟加拉，與父親逃亡到巴黎。庇護申請被拒，他們成為非法移民，繼而流落街頭生活潦倒。幸得幸運之神眷顧， Fahim認識了法國國際象棋界的其中一位頂級教練Sylvain，並獲得後者的指導，讓他找到了人生目標――他在棋盤上小心奕奕地走的每一步也正好反映了他為爭取正常生活所遭遇的勝利和慘敗。