Based on one of ’s most notorious unsolved murder cases, In the Name of My Daughter centers on the strained relationship between the embattled owner of a casino on the Riviera (Deneuve) and her free-spirited daughter (Adèle Haenel). As the Nice mafia maneuvers to take over the family business, a crooked lawyer (Guillaume Canet) comes between the two women, laying the groundwork for tragedy.