L'abbé, le diable et les chercheurs (2018)

• 67%
• 2018
• Documentary
• Mystery
• Philippe Brunel

Rennes-le-château in the south of France: its treasure, its myth, its "researchers" and its abbot: Béranger Saunière. A curious priest who excavated his church and the cemetery in 1897 without the knowledge of the parishioners, found mysterious papers, gold coins and a tomb. A modest country priest who became rich and whose legend will crystallize an astonishing community of treasure hunters. Hundreds of enthusiasts, who invest their time and sometimes their reason in this riddle in the form of Russian dolls. They are called "the researchers". They're looking for the treasure - a little. The clues - a lot. And the truth - to madness. What if everything was just a hoax orchestrated by Pierre Plantard, master of the priory of Sion? Perhaps. Mass traffic? Why not ? And yet the treasure exists: a privileged witness would know the whole truth about the abbot's treasure - I have met her. So this Rennes-le-château case, an insoluble enigma, a mythological chimera or a mystical quest? Embark with us in this unprecedented investigation with multiple twists and turns that shed light on the origin of Abbé Saunière's treasure.