Private investigator Peter Gernot has no evil in mind when he travels from Berlin to Provence in order to help his friend and colleague with the refurbishment of its new holiday home.
Then, a shot is fired in the night and a young ecologist dies. The idyll of the village is already at risk due to a grim dispute over the construction of a luxury resort. The mayor seems willing to go to extremes. The investors see their project in danger and there is a fierce battle, reminiscent of an ancient tragedy.
Do the environmentalists have a chance to win? Gernot gets unintentionally driven into the maelstrom of events.
