Journalists are surrounding the hospital where Robert Taro (Gérard Depardieu), the incumbent mayor of the city, is still in the intensive care unit, as a result of his recent stroke.
As the date of the upcoming elections approaches, Robert Taro’s absence offers Lucas Barrès (Benoît Magimel) his shot to try to rise to power, but he is still 9 votes short to become the new mayor of Marseille.
The negotiations with the all the different political parties begin, with the extreme right waiting backstage to make its move…