When the police find Simone seated near her husband's corpse it is predictable that she is charged with the murder. Jean-Pierre Laubray is appointed counsel for the defence. He begins an inquiry into the case and he finds out that the murdered man had killed a barman in a robbery the night before. He finds out as well he was a leg-man of Cristiani's for his election campaign. He tries to contact Juliette, Cristiani's daughter, and he discovers that also Bruno, Juliette's brother, died that same night in a car accident... 　　译文(2): 当警察发现西蒙妮坐在她丈夫的尸体旁时，可以预见她将被指控谋杀。Jean-Pierre Laubray 被指定为辩护律师。他开始调查这个案子，发现被谋杀的人在前一天晚上的一次抢劫中杀死了一个酒保。他还发现自己是克里斯蒂亚尼竞选团队的助手。他试图联系朱丽叶，克里斯蒂亚尼的女儿他发现朱丽叶的哥哥布鲁诺也在同一天晚上死于车祸。