Overdose (2022) Plot Summary & Ending Explained

The police also capture a man named Wahid, who had been hiding in the basement. Under interrogation he confesses the true reason behind the horrific murders of two children in a Paris hospital. Wahid’s family, long‑time rivals of Leila’s Moroccan clan, had been involved in drug trafficking. When Wahli’s father mistakenly believed that Ali’s father was an informant for a rival network, he ordered his son to exact vengeance. Leila and Wahid tracked Ali to the hospital, intending to kill him, but a second boy, Jérôme, happened to be in the same room and was slain as well. After Leila killed Ali, Wahid finished the job by murdering Ali’s mother. In reality, Ali’s father had been at the French embassy only to request a medical procedure for his son—nothing to do with the drug world—so the whole blood‑feud was based on a tragic misunderstanding.

Earlier in the story the police had already raided the kingpin’s estate; Alfonso Castroviejo tried to flee disguised as an officer but was recognized and killed by the assault team. The final arrests of the remaining gang members and the revelations from Wahid bring the sprawling drug operation to an end, while the misplaced revenge that sparked the children’s murders is exposed as a senseless tragedy.