TV series

When Heroes Fly

2018 · 1 season

A tense, emotionally charged journey through trauma and loyalty, with flashbacks and jungle danger keeping you gripped.

Overview: Eleven years after falling out, four friends, war veterans of a Special Forces unit, reunite for one final mission: to find Yaeli, a former lover of one of them and sister of another. Their journey will take them deep into the Colombian jungle but, as to succeed, first they must confront the trauma that tore them apart.
How it feels: Tense, dark, melancholic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Trauma, friendship, loyalty, survival
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
friendship
loyalty
survival
grief
Places: wilderness
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Genres: drama, action & adventure, war & politics
Created by: Omri Givon
Written by: Amir Gutfreund, Omri Givon
Starring: Tomer Capone, Moshe Ashkenazi, Michael Aloni, Nadav Nates, Ninet Tayeb, Oded Fehr, Gil Frank, Dan Mor
Length: 1 seasons, 9 episodes, 45 min each
Network: Keshet 12
Country: Israel
Languages: Hebrew, Spanish