April 1988, Oubia Island, New Caledonia. 30 policemen are taken hostage by a Kanak independence group. France sends 300 soldiers to restore order. Two men come face to face: Philippe Legorjus, captain of the French National Gendarmerie Special Service, and Alphonse Dianou, the leader of the hostage-taking. Through their shared values, they try to solve the problem through dialogue. But it is a time of presidential elections, when the key challenges are political, and order is not always governed by morality...