Paul is a sweet man-child, raised — and smothered — by his two eccentric aunts in Paris since the death of his parents when he was a toddler. Now thirty-three, he still does not speak. (He does express himself through colourful suits that would challenge any Wes Anderson character in nerd chic.) Paul's aunts have only one dream for him: to win piano competitions. Although Paul practices dutifully, he remains unfulfilled until he submits to the interventions of his upstairs neighbour. Suitably named after the novelist, Madame Proust offers Paul a concoction that unlocks repressed memories from his childhood and awakens the most delightful of fantasies.

Returning from an evening out, Simon and Julie Malherbe find the babysitter unconscious on the floor and their two six-month-old twins gone. A ransom demand soon arrives: 7 million euros if they want to see the girls again. While the father's company raises the cash the kidnappers organize their operation. They have two men to collect the money and a woman to take care of the babies. The three take orders from a mysterious boss called the Albatros. Who is hiding behind that pseudonym? Will their plan work? Will the girls' mother be able to handle the separation? The painful wait sows troubles within the family. Is the uncle, sought by the police, involved? What does the father really know? A fast-paced thriller in which the urgency is all the more poignant, as one of the twins is gravely ill. Written by tv5monde.com