The Journal

A thrilling investigation anchored in current events. Edmond, the director of an investigative newspaper, is preparing to publish revelations about Jacques Flamm, an ambitious minister. As he is about to make the information he holds public, he learns that his daughter Apolline has just been arrested for drug trafficking in Jakarta. Seul Jacques Flamm seems to be able to tear her from the clutches of the Indonesian judicial system. Should Edmond give up on publishing the article? Does he risk jeopardizing the support he expects from the French state to repatriate his daughter? Through this captivating, funny, and dark play, with incisive dialogues, the author explores the tense links, as dangerous as they are unavowable, between the worlds of politics and the press today. A breathtaking thriller.