A businessman mysteriously wakes up in an open-air prison cell with only an old grist mill. Forced to work as a beast of burden, he must find a way to escape before the birth of his child.
Seneca’s foster son, the Emperor Nero, grows weary of his mentor and orders him to kill himself. Seneca complies but his death is agonisingly slow. Cue John Malkovich in the role of the great philosopher in uproar, railing against tyranny. Bliss!
The story revolves around Jeanne, a brilliant architect who is entrusted with the renovation of a sumptuous manor house belonging to the rather strange Daguerre family, who sit atop a board games empire. When family patriarch César is found murdered, Jeanne is drawn into a real-life murder mystery aimed at unmasking the assassin…