To Jean, this truck is not just a piece of machinery. It is a phantom, an insult, a symbol of a corrupt, untouchable world of high-finance smuggling that operates beyond the law. He becomes convinced that the truck (and its unseen driver) is involved in a vast criminal enterprise, perhaps drug trafficking or illegal goods transport. His obsession grows not from a desire for revenge (the whale did not take his leg) but from a profound sense of moral outrage and existential envy. The truck is everything he is not: free, powerful, opaque.
Ultimately, La baleine blanche is an essay on hope. It suggests that while the objects of our obsession—our "white whales"—may remain elusive, the journey taken and the bonds strengthened along the way are where the true meaning of life is found. La baleine blanche (TV Series 1987– ) - IMDb la baleine blanche 1987