Riccardo Corradini, a final-year medical student from Italy, makes headlines as the first international student to ever choose the Gaza Strip as destination for his Erasmus exchange program. While studying to become a war surgeon, he experiences first-hand the day-to-day life in the Strip (including Israeli bombings), makes life-long friends, and overcomes his anxiety about the future.
At the heart of the sea bed, between rocks and corals, primitive algae undulate, lulled by the muffled and roaring sound of the currents. Up there, on the surface of the water, something extraordinary has just appeared: a voice. So soft and seductive that it is unlike anything we have ever heard before.
Sarah, a 30-year-old French woman, becomes a mother and realises that she knows nothing about her father's past. During the Algerian war, her grandfather fought with the French against the independence of his people. When France lost, Sarah's family escaped to Marseille. But there, instead of being welcomed, they were locked-up in a camp. This is where Sarah’s journey begins...
Carmen comes from a difficult past: taken away from her mother during adolescence, she grew up in a foster home. Massimo is an only child, raised in a wealthy and oppressive family. Their only daughter, Giada, 5 years old, was entrusted to the father. Carmen has the right to see her every other Saturday, but Carmen doesn't accept it: she doesn't want her child to grow up without a mother, like she did.
