A place of safety

An Italian theatre company boards the ship of a German NGO, Sea-Watch, rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. A director and an actor, in the middle of the  sea, on a ship, meet the crew, the captain, the machinists, the cook, the doctors, the crew, the volunteers.
They set sail with them, spend the days and nights with them, share the food and tasks assigned by the captain, observe them, interview them. They come from different European countries. All of them are there because, at some point of their lives, something has happened, some mechanism has broken down and they have felt that life can no longer go on as before: something is happening in the sea, something terrible, and they have to go.
Where does this choice come from? What must happen in the reality, in the world around us, in order that it is no longer possible just to watch, but that the need to intervene becomes compulsory? What boundary must be crossed beyond which it is no longer possible to continue, beyond which it is necessary to stop our lives and take care of someone else’s?

With these questions, the theatre company embarks on a mission in the sea. The mission begins by setting sail from the harbour of Lampedusa and ends  only after a rescue. Its duration cannot be predicted. No one can know exactly what will happen. During that time, the company will share life on board, will work together with the volunteers and at the same time will investigate the biographies of the rescuers. They will witness a rescue, documenting the work of the NGO and the reality of migrants’ journeys in the Mediterranean Sea.