Yvann Yagchi

Featuring interviews with his accomplices and victims alike, this deep dive explores how a master con man scammed French elites out of millions of euros.

On October 6, 2012, around midnight, Swiss banker Michel Yagchi committed suicide in the basement of his home in Geneva. That evening, Michel Yagchi's entire family was out of the country, traveling to Brussels to attend the graduation ceremony of Michel's eldest son, Yvann. Three years later, Yvann decides to investigate his father's mysterious suicide and, at the same time, confront his family, friends, and colleagues.

A Swiss filmmaker of Palestinian origin travels to the West Bank to make sense of the break-up with a childhood friend who became a Jewish settler. While trying to understand why their friendship has not held up in the face of the political situation, he reveals his own tragic family history in Palestine.