In the Mopti region of Mali, Lieutenant Anaïs Collet's section, deployed as part of Operation Barkhane, is dedicated to tracking down terrorists. However, an ambush rekindles tensions between the military and the Malian population.
Cast:Pauline Parigot , Louis Peres , Birane Ba , Yannick Choirat , Samy Seghir , Vanessa Fonte , Raphaëlle Rousseau , Jonathan Turnbull , Antoine Pelletier , Warren Ferri , François Loriquet , Xavier Lemaître , Issaka Sawadogo , Simon Ouldani , Houssam El Yadini , Austine Lasana , Salim Mahmoud Mahmal , Deme Mamadou Bamba
During a routine mission to meet the local population, members of Lieutenant Anaïs Collet's section are ambushed. When Julien Ravalet, a sharpshooter and hothead, opposes Martial Mendy, the group leader, Martial prefers to hide behind protocol.
As the debate over the legitimacy of Ravalet's shooting during the ambush grows, the family of the young Malian killed comes to recover the body. Elise Schiffman, the journalist, is getting more and more interested in what may have happened during the ambush. At the funeral of the young Malian, her behavior and the presence of the French soldiers sparks things off.
Anaïs hears gunshots coming from a Peul village near the French military stronghold. Despite orders from higher-ups, she goes to the village and uncovers evidence of a brutal massacre.
Despite the Barkhane mandate's restriction against intervening in inter-ethnic conflicts, Traoré, a Malian policeman, requests the French army's aid. In response, Lefort sends a small support team led by Anaïs.
As Traoré's investigation progresses, Anaïs and her team follow the trail of the Makou massacre perpetrators; Elise defies French military oversight and conducts an interview with the influential Dogon leader Bilal Issabere.
Anaïs is brought back to the reality during her investigation; the French mobilize their soldiers and staff to find Elise.
Finding Elise safe is the obsession of French government. Anaïs and her section are looking for information. Disregarding the orders of her hierarchy, Anaïs ends up locating Elise and is forced to take action, an unusual situation for soldiers in the land forces.