Toronto, August 2001. Commander Robert Piche left Pearson Airport heading for Lisbon on an Airbus 330. Due to a significant fuel loss, he was headed for an almost certain crash. However, he courageously kept his cool and skillfully glided the plane to a safe landing, saving the 306 passengers on board. Back in Canada, Piche's criminal past and extraordinary life came to light, explaining somewhat how he was able to commit this heroic act.—Anonymous
With his instincts and his tumultuous past, Robert Piché finds the strength and composure necessary to land his plane out of fuel and save the 306 people in it. Treatment in a rehab clinic for alcohol problems in the aftermath of this heroic act, he must relive not only the high point but also its passage in prison. He can not give meaning to his life until he has served his past.
The Piche movie: "Between heaven and Earth" tells how this man thirsty for adventure has always bounced back. It also shows that behind the man who saved the passengers there are 8 years behind that ever since to fascinate and attract crowds and saw his biography sell more than 65,000 copies; behind the hero then, there is the human being, with its sensitivities and weaknesses that we make it even more real and stronger than life.
Robert Piché: for better and for worse, but still ... between heaven and earth.
