Les Déclassés plot
The charismatic Parisian criminal Le Normand, as he is respectfully called by his followers, moves somewhere between murderer and poet, between gangster and philosopher. Thirty years ago, this Nietzschean figure moved from the industrial and port city of Le Havre, but has never been able to completely leave that city behind. He is an expert at psychological manipulation, but knows that he himself will eventually become a victim of his misbehavior. To wage war against the rival gangs, he hires a man, Nico, who is soon forced by one of the gangs to commit treason against his boss. Le Normand takes revenge by killing Sergio, a friend of Nico's, while also brutally killing his brother. Nico, in turn, wants revenge. He bravely reports to the philosopher-murderer's headquarters in Le Havre for single combat. But then events take an unexpected turn.