Only the Fire

At the end of June in Paris Mireille accompanies his friend Thomas a solitary and restless being during a walk to Père Lachaise Thomas is very agitated worried He confides to Mireille that he wishes to be cremated in the event of death In September after a period of holidays Mireille returns at her home She and his friends do not any more manage to contact Thomas After investigation Mireille learns that Thomas died in August only As he has no family his body was interred in the square of the needy of the new cemetery of Thiais Mireille wants to honor the last wills of his friend but the law is strict to dig up the body and cremate it the services of the city hall have to have the signature of a member of Thomass family Mireille learns that Thomas had a younger brother Melchior But But the young man marginalized abandoned for years by his older brother refuses to sign the licence to dig up