A Swiss ornithologist is found dead of a heart attack, in a stork’s nest. Despite this loss, Louis, the student he had employed, decides to take on alone the mission they had planned: following the storks’ migration to Africa to find out why so many of them disappeared the previous season. From the heart of Europe to the West Bank and on to the most remote Africa, Louis becomes embroiled in a horrific mystery, uncovering a series of gruesome murders and other assorted evils. Confused memories of his own childhood his hands bear burn scars from a mysterious accident soon become entangled with the investigation. It is in Calcutta, the heart of India, where the terrible truth emerges. This is the first novel by the author of The Crimson Rivers. In it, he pulled off a masterstroke by creating a captivating thriller combining suspense, imagination and documentary truth. (From France, in English, Flemish, French & Hebrew) (Movie) (Action) (2012) MA(S,D,V,L)
Flight Of The Storks was broadcast on SBS 2 at Monday 15 June 2015, 12:15.