A deadly curse has befallen the occupants of an open seat in the Académie française. The journalist Fandor believes it to be the work of the Illuminati, but the newest nominee for the cursed seat, a curiosities consultant with a secret of his own, has a different theory...

• Gérard Jourd'hui
• Jacques Santamaria
• Gaëlle Girre

• Roland Bertin
• Pierre Arditi
• Franck de la Personne