FUOCOAMMARE: FIRE AT SEA

Samuel is 12 years old and lives on an island in the middle of the sea. He goes to school, loves shooting his slingshot and going hunting. He likes land games, even though everything around him speaks of the sea and the men, women and children who try to cross it to get to his island. But his is not an island like the others, its name is Lampedusa and it is the most symbolic border of Europe. In just over 20 years, more than 20,000 people have drowned during the crossing to achieve what many assumed a gateway to Europe, and which should allow them to escape war and famine.