For months a strange phrase has been found scrawled on Paris sidewalks next to chalk circles containing odd objects. Policeman Adamsberg gets involved when a dead woman is found in one of the circles.

Clement van den Bergh stars in this French tale -- part of the "Tales from the Orphanage" series -- as Nicolas, a boy who foresees doom and gloom. This makes him a prime target for bullies, especially Hadkann (Lokman Nalcakan), the worst one at school. But the two befriend each other on a class field trip, and when Nicolas has a vision of murder that seems all too believable, they set out to find the would-be killer.

Based on the 2000 book of the same name by Emmanuel Carrère, it is inspired by the real-life story of Jean-Claude Romand. L'Adversaire's protagonist Jean-Marc Faure (Auteuil) pursues an imaginary career as a doctor of medicine in a plot more closely based on Romand's life and Carrère's book than was Laurent Cantet's 2001 film L'Emploi du Temps. The film was nominated for a Palme d'Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.