30 years ago, a madman, armed with explosives, took hostage for 46 hours a kindergarten class in the town of Hauts-de-Seine. The man holds a box that he claims is "a bomb", and threatens to use the children as "shields" He threatens to blow everything up if he is not given 100 million francs.

"You are nice, but I want to see my mother...", moans the little Louis Hauvette who will confide 25 years later in the Figaro.