Inspired by the archives of a historical mystery.
PARIS, OCTOBER 1708. Guillaume—known as Corbé—a lieutenant at the Bastille, inherits the papers of his uncle, Bénigne Dauvergne de Saint-Mars, the governor who, for thirty-four years, guarded the prisoner whom all of France whispered wore a mask. Alexandre Dumas would claim that mask was made of iron.
Inside a chest he discovers reports, letters, and personal journals. Fifty-six times, the same phrase recurs, written in the jailer’s own hand: *He did not speak.*
But who was this man? Was his name Eustache d'Auger, Dauger, or Marchioly? Nothing is certain. Why did he remain silent? Why did he never attempt to escape? Why did no one at Versailles ever ask questions?
As he leafs through these papers, Guillaume realizes that it is not a secret he is uncovering—it is a void. The void of a man who became the shadow of his own existence. The void of a jailer who obeyed without knowing why.
In Guillaume’s hands, each document becomes a testament to a silent tragedy: the banality of obedience, the slow creep of oblivion, and the power of a choice that endured longer than life itself.
Duration: 2ho7.
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