Character

On the second day you do not talk about the facts. You talk about the man.

The presiding judge explained it in three sentences: the court must know the accused before examining what he is charged with; it is the rule, and it is not always understood, because people are expecting the film and they are given a curriculum vitae.

Karim Lenoir stood up in the dock.

— You were born on the third of February at Vaux-sur-Sarne. You are thirty-eight. Tell us about yourself.