When two girls go missing, Paul Chartier—a young, impulsive, newly recruited police officer—is assigned to the "Maldoror" unit.
This secret unit was established to keep a dangerous sexual predator under surveillance. When the operation fails, and fed up with the limitations of the justice system, Chartier embarks on a solitary hunt to unmask the culprits.
"Inspired by the story of serial killer Marc Dutroux—also known as 'the Monster of Marcinelle'—and set over a seven-year period (1995–2002), Maldoror uses actual events as a backdrop to delve viscerally into the dark recesses of evil, a recurring theme in the work of Belgian filmmaker Fabrice Du Welz." (Simone Emiliani)
