The Man Who Loved Zoos

Amanda investigates her nephew Victorien's murder after he witnessed a government cover-up involving toxic gas deaths of 50 tourists. She finds herself targeted by assassin Alex, tasked with silencing those aware of the incident. Amanda Weber (Catherine Deneuve) is a museum employee. Her nephew, Victorien (Tom Novembre), who feels that wild animals should not be kept in zoos, has been murdered, and she seeks to find out why and how. She knows that Victorien was witness to a mysterious government project where fifty tourists were killed by an unknown poison gas, and the bus in which they were travelling was found at the bottom of a lake. Alex (Richard Bohringer), a callous government assassin who is having marital problems with his wife Delphine (Sophie Moyse), has orders to kill anyone who knows about the cover-up of that project, and Amanda soon becomes his target. —Polly_Kat In wintry Alsace, young Victorien finds an abandoned bus whose 50 occupants are all dead. Suffering from a permanent lack of money, Victorien quickly robs the dead of their wallets. He then makes his way to Paris to visit his aunt Amanda and tells her about the strange incident. The two suspect that something is not quite right and begin to investigate. When Victorien is then stalked and even killed by unknown men, Amanda is left to her own devices. She embarks on a tourist bus trip to Alsace and investigates. The affair behind the crime reaches into high political circles - it involves environmental scandals and cover-ups. —Arte