A mysterious wave of vandalism hits a small, peaceful town near La Baule. Scooter thefts, broken windows, damage to public facilities.

“It’s psychosis now,” slips to Le Figaro the unlabeled mayor of Saint-Molf, Hubert Delorme. The mayor has his own ideas about the troublemakers. ‘They could be brainless young people, morons, probably troublemakers from the town,’ he suggests.