Um relato do dia em que a catedral mais famosa do mundo pegou fogo. Combinando cenas reais e ficção, o filme mostra o trabalho árduo dos bombeiros e envolvidos em salvar o monumento cultural e religioso de Notre-Dame, em Paris.
Captain Eloïse Gentil, of Caen police, hasn't been on speaking terms with her father Robert, an expert on WWII, for twenty years. But the two are brought together to investigate the death of James Crawley, a 91 year-old former GI, found tied to a pole and in his uniform, apparently executed "as an example".