Every summer, many people transit by sea between France and Algeria, between Marseille and Algiers. Cars loaded to the hood... packages of all kinds... men loaded with bags and stories. At sea, we are no longer in France and not yet in Algeria, and vice versa. From the singular confines of the boat, in the back and forth and the parenthesis of the journey, the crossing puts back in the heart of the passage these women and men brought up.
Cinematography
Stunning sea-as-limbo imagery that haunts long after.
Direction
Leuvrey's patient observation builds profound intimacy.
Sound
Natural soundscape becomes its own character.
Director
Élisabeth Leuvrey
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Marseille-Algiers route carries the weight of France's colonial history and post-independence migration, making every crossing politically charged.
Leuvrey spent three summers filming, capturing over 300 hours of footage to craft this 55-minute meditation—radical patience as artistic method.
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