Letoile du Nord 1982 Aimless Frenchman Edouard Binet has been travelling in North Africa for many years, and is sailing to Belgium En route, he meets Sylvie Baron He introduces her to Nemrod Lobetoum, a rich Egyptian carrying valuable jewelry, and Sylvie and Nemrod become friends Their friendship escalates to love, which makes Edouard jealous Days later, Edouard arrives at a rooming house owned by Mme Louise Baron, Sylvies mother, wearing blood stained clothes It appears that Nemrod was killed on a train after he arrived in France, but Edouard denies any knowledge of what happened Sylvie suspects that Edouard is responsible for Nemrods death, but by now her mother has become Edouards ally