Two Senegalese men walk through a forest in Morocco at night. As they try to find a passageway to the north, they talk about a strange dream. Two officers from the Spanish Civil Guard patrol the Spanish coast in an SUV. The car's headlights probe the darkness in search of illegal immigrants. In Paris, a young woman performs a symbolic burial in a forest on the edge of the city.
Cinematography
Night-for-night shooting that eats light for breakfast.
Direction
Bialas treats borders as psychological horror.
Director
Anton Bialas
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in the Ceuta/Melilla region where thousands have died attempting Spain; Bialas spent months with local migrant communities.
The SUV headlights function as the film's true predator — no jump scares, just institutional violence made visceral.
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