After fifteen years behind bars, Bruno Le Roux has finally escaped. The most highly armed member of the armed wing of a proletarian revolution, he has escaped to continue the fight, liberate his comrades from prison and release the masses from their chains, once and for all.
But all his former comrades, friends, accomplices – all those that haven’t died in jail – have thrown in the towel. Even Jeanne, now a teacher at a school in Grenoble, no longer believes in the cause. She’s married and has a child. She can do nothing for Bruno. Even if she wanted to, it would be impossible because she has been under intense police surveillance since his escape ...