1942. Joseph is eleven. And this June morning he must go to school a yellow star sewn on his chest. He receives the support of a goods dealer. The mockery of a baker. Between kindness and contempt Jo his Jewish friends their families learn of life in an occupied Paris on the Butte Montmartre where they've taken shelter. At least that's what they think until that morning on July 16th 1942 when their fragile happiness is toppled over. From the Vélodrome D'Hiver where 13 000 Jews are crammed to the camp of Beaune-La-Rolande from Vichy to the terrace of the Berghof La Rafle follows the real destinies of the victims and the executioners. Of those who orchestrated it all. Of those who trusted them. Of those who fled. Of those who opposed them. Every character in this film has existed. Every event even the most extreme transpired on that summer of 1942.