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One morning, Dries — a Dutch nephew of one of his recent victims — arrives in Paris on his first visit to the capital and disrupts Sidoine's routines. When the two share a dose of hallucinogenic mushrooms, the Parisian fraudster and the Dutch visitor find themselves on an unexpected journey through the city. 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