The Double Mother

Four-year-old Malone Moulin is haunted by nightmares of being handed over to a stranger and begins insisting that the woman raising him is not his real mother. His teachers dismiss the claim as childhood imagination, pointing to her birth certificate, photographs, and the pediatrician’s confirmation that Malone is her son. But school psychologist Vasily believes the boy may be describing something he truly remembers. By recording their conversations and examining the creatures and characters in Malone’s stories, he tries to piece together the child’s account of an exchange between two women.

Vasily brings the case to police commander Marianne Augresse, who has been unable to solve a luxury-store robbery in nearby Deauville that left two people dead. As Marianne and her team investigate, they find themselves drawn toward the cold Moulin family and the people around them. Yet Malone’s memories are fading, replaced by pirates, animals, and other innocent images. Marianne must determine whether the boy’s disturbing claim conceals a vital connection—or is itself slipping beyond reach.