5H48, Place des Martyrs

Short Story / Plot Summary

In Le Havre, just like every morning, the 5:48 a.m. bus leaves Place des Martyrs to begin its route, driven by Gilles, a quiet and exhausted driver. This morning, at his wits’ end, despised by the authorities and abandoned by his wife, he takes his passengers hostage. While the police and media rush to the scene, inside the bus, the hostages, grappling with the same distress as Gilles, may not be so innocent after all…