Les hautes herbes - Season 1

One summer, in Touraine. Lucille and Glenn take in 10-year-old Jules, whose mother has just been hospitalized after a serious car accident. Fascinated by the gentle and loving Lucille, the young boy finds his feet in a town full of tensions. While the recent closure of a factory stirs the anger of some inhabitants, Mounir, a young seasonal worker, disappears. Eve, who met him by chance, is worried, but seems to be the only one...

Eve tries to draw the attention of the gendarmerie to Mounir's disappearance, but only Maud, the village guard, listens to her and takes her seriously. Glenn, unemployed since he left the gendarmerie, develops a close relationship with little Jules. In the village, the closure of the factory heightens tensions. The workers are on the street, angry...

A new disappearance is reported in the region, that of the factory's union representative. Everyone is suspicious of his neighbor. The investigation into the disappearances led by Eve and the village guard is about to be completed, but Jules has already understood the truth. He is trapped...