A widower's bucket list trip collides with Europe's refugee crisis—awkward, necessary, unexpectedly moving.
After the death of his wife, Miguel decides to take a trip, postponed for many years, Argeles-sur-Mer, a small town in southern France, where thousands of refugees are concentrated for some time.
Acting
Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa's weary, wordless presence carries every frame.
Cinematography
Mediterranean light used as emotional language—harsh, then soft.
Director
Alberto Morais
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Argelès-sur-Mer was historically the site of a brutal WWII concentration camp for Spanish Republican refugees; the film layers this history onto present crisis.
Morais intentionally blurred documentary and fiction, casting actual camp residents alongside professionals—explaining the vérité unease.
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