Original subtitles

[engine rumbling]

[distant dog barking]

[engine revving]

[trafficker 1] Run! Go fast.

The boat is ready.

[trafficker 2 shouting]

- [panting] - [migrant coughing]

[migrants breathing heavily]

[panting]

[migrants breathing heavily]

[waves splashing]

[trafficker 3 in Arabic]

[migrants in English] Go, go, go, go, go, go, go!

[indistinct chatter]

[indistinct shouting]

Sister. You have to hurry up.

They won't wait.

It scares me.

This is just to get to the bigger boat.

The sea.

I've never seen it before.

If I die, the spirits will take revenge on my family.

You will die if you stay here.

The sea is calm.

Tomorrow, we'll be in Italy.

You just need to take these last few steps of water.

Hold my hand.

Please, hold it tight

and tell me that everything will be okay.

Everything will be fine.

[melancholy music]

- [indistinct screaming] - [footsteps thudding]

[in Italian]

[passengers screaming]

[both in Italian]

[panting]

[clinking]

[guard 1] Please, move on. Nothing to see here.

You can't stay here, madam.

[pants] Sorry. What happened?

An accident. It's nothing.

But someone said "shooting".

And my husband, he has a gun.

I don't find him.

Come with me, please.

Please, tell me. What happened?

Something happened to him?

Your husband is fine, madam.

But why the blood?

Don't worry about that.

Just come with me.

[pants]

- They don't want to disembark. - [door closes]

They want to be sure they'll be accepted.

They don't want us to surrender.

Everyone except one.

[Ousmane] Your brother.

Why?

He says he just wants this whole thing to end.

26 out of 27.

Nothing changes, Tareq,

you heard the captain of the frigate.

They'll never buy it, they can't lose face.

It would be like telling everyone

it's okay to do what you are doing.

I'm going to my brother.

[door opens]

You're the one saying nothing changes.

- [door closes] - For me, it does change.

I'm dead anyway.

[theme music]

[upbeat music playing]

- [door buzzes open] - [automated voice] Unlocked.

Stay where you are.

[approaching footsteps]

[both in Italian]

- Diletta! - [guard 2] Sir.

[sighs]

[breathing heavily]

[doctor] We're almost finished.

You're not in pain, are you?

No.

[doctor] Why are you crying, then?

Because I was shot.

And this has never happened to me before.

You have no idea how sorry I am, Elvis.

No, I don't.

I'm very sorry.

I feel responsible.

[doctor] We're done.

Now, we'll dress the wound.

You have been a good boy.

Does it make any difference?

Being a good boy?

Where is Mary?

[Elvis] Please.

You can come in.

Hey.

Hey.

How are you?

I don't know.

I lost my sunglasses.

Thank you.

I know at first it will be difficult,

but...

[sighs]

With a little luck,

finding someone who...

loves me...

someone who helps me,

that would be nice.

And then I would...

I would like to own a small clothing store, you know?

[chuckles] Choose the collection myself,

you know, I have taste.

[chuckles]

And maybe...

gonna have some children.

Are these dreams too big?

I don't know.

There are moments when everything

seems possible to me.

Everything.

Because I cannot believe that we managed to get so close.

Do you think we have been too lucky?

Is that what you think?

Mm.

[breathes sharply]

So do I.

But...

Perhaps,

God is giving us now

what he held back from us before.

[in Italian]

[phone ringing]

[ringing continues]

[coordinator in English] Hey, it's Luca.

Why did you run away?

Can you hear me? Silvia?

[phone thuds]

[in Italian]

Hi.

Hello.

Sophia, don't call me anymore.

Huh?

At our cabin.

- Come. Come. - No, no.

Just come.

Sophia, no. No, wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

I only came to tell you that you shouldn't call me anymore.

But you need to help me, Franco.

They can send me back, you understand?

No, no, I'm sure everything will be fine.

And what if things will not be fine, hmm?

Franco, I need to pay back the money I owe.

Or else, someone in my family is going to die.

I have spirits inside of me.

What are you talking about?

They put them inside me

to make sure I pay back the money I owe.

Sophia, spirits don't exist.

See?

[Sophia] They let them in through here.

It's a trick.

I have to go now.

What... Wait, wait, Franco, wait.

Okay.

If they don't accept all of us,

when we arrive, maybe you can tell them

that you will give me a place to stay,

that you, you give me a job, that you invited me.

- No, I can't. - Why not?

- Because I can't. - But why?

My wife.

She was ill.

Suffering from depressions.

It's an ugly disease that's difficult to see,

especially if you don't want to see it.

My father...

Many in my country think

that dying doesn't mean leaving for good.

It means staying around in a different way.

So the dead are always near by the living.

And what do you think?

[sighs]

That I wish that I could tell you something

to make you feel better.

[sighs]

This is enough.

- [door buzzes open] - [automated voice] Unlocked.

Joseph.

What are you doing?

Uh... He was... His parents.

They are the ones who...

- You heard? - What's he doing here?

He was here when they told him.

I'll go.

Thank you.

Joseph, he was kind to us.

Why are you looking at me like that?

It's you who have to explain what you've been doing, okay?

Daniel, what happened is all over.

They'll probably...

arrest me and send me back.

[breathes deeply]

[Franco] She wouldn't understand.

But... what is wrong with helping me?

You see, there's no need for my help.

There are international rules, human rights.

And I'm sure you fulfill all the requirements.

Um...

[Franco inhales] A little help.

That's all I've got with me.

- I'm going to see your wife. - What?

And I'm going to tell her that you have been with me.

That's not true.

Then help me. Franco, please.

- But... This is blackmail. - This is my life, Franco.

My life. All my family's lives.

- You tricked me. - No, no, no, no.

I never promised you anything.

- Just let me go, Franco. - No.

- I can't go back, I'm gonna be... - No. Come here.

[screams, groans]

[rattling]

[somber music]

[Longo] Three people died and a little boy was injured.

Isn't that enough for you, Tareq?

We didn't do it.

[Longo] These are the consequences

of your actions.

And you'll be held responsible for this too.

You know what you have to do if you want us to surrender.

Admit everyone.

I'm the one asking, but they all agree with me.

[Longo] That means instead of protecting them,

you are involving them.

They will be held accountable just like you.

You have to let them know.

-Over and out. - [radio static]

Did you do hear what he said?

We can't get the others in trouble.

Why don't you leave, Ousmane?

My friend, I will leave as soon as you throw that thing away.

I told you to leave!

Think it over, Tareq.

Stop!

Do as I say.

Head for Italy.

Tareq, this is suicide. Look at the radar.

These are three Navy units.

Don't you understand that they are sending us to Italy

so they can attack the ship?

My friend, you're out of your mind.

Leave, Ousmane!

I will tell everyone what is going on.

You'll be on your own.

Go away. What are you waiting for?

Everyone else who wants to leave can do so.

I...

Go, you are free.

I want to speak to everyone here and the press.

Give me a chance to save them all.

That's what I'm asking for.

[Mary] Elvis, it's a shirt.

[Elvis] It's not just a shirt.

It's a Mbappé's shirt.

It was.

Right. Okay, but don't you get how lucky you've been?

I've always been lucky.

That they didn't tear me to pieces in Africa,

that I didn't die on the journey,

in the desert, in Libya, at sea.

I am lucky,

but always lucky inside my bad luck.

You told me whatever's left behind

is left behind and doesn't count.

Until it gets too much.

But soon, you'll be in Europe.

This ship is practically Europe.

It's the most beautiful

and amazing thing I have ever seen.

And they shot me.

I'm a little tired, Mary.

Maybe I'd better go lie down.

Elvis. Come on.

Look at what huge deal you're making over some shirt.

Because it's not just a shirt.

Thanks for all the good things today.

[sniffles]

What the fuck.

[sniffles, sighs]

[indistinct chattering]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music swells]

[music stops]

[Elvis sighs]

[Elvis] Ousmane!

Does it hurt?

As long as it's a wound, it is just another wound.

Where have you been?

Trying to save our asses.

Why?

Well, because they won't take us all.

- Do you think this helps? - What is it?

My school report.

- Is it good? - Very good.

It surely helps.

Come on, help me gather the others.

- [door buzzes open] - [automated voice] Unlocked.

[in Italian]

[sighs]

[vomits, spits]

[retches]

[Franco groans]

[Franco coughs]

[line ringing]

Hello, Orizzonte. This is Sky TG 24.

We receive you well.

We can also see you clearly.

We are ready to go live in about five minutes.

We are ready too.

Don't betray my trust.

[Longo] Captain Longo here, go ahead, Orizzonte.

Captain, I'm Captain Benedetti Valentini.

[Longo] Go ahead, Captain.

I was given permission to walk out

to reassure the passengers.

We can talk freely.

- [Longo] I'm listening. - [inhales sharply]

Well, Captain, I think that

if we were to accept Tareq's request...

[Longo] Out of the question, Captain, stick to the orders.

Enter Italian waters

and we'll tell you when to stop.

[in Italian]

[Longo in Italian]

[phone thuds]

[in English] Let's go.

[tense music]

Tareq doesn't want to surrender.

He's still asking that they accept you all.

[migrants] Yes.

But his request will not be accepted.

I don't know the laws,

but they say anyone who refuses to disembark,

anyone who takes his side will end up like me and Joseph.

[migrants murmur]

[Ousmane] They will be arrested

and whoever gets arrested will be sent back.

So what can we do?

If no one supports Tareq,

then he has no choice, he must surrender.

So it means that... there is no other possibility?

It means that some of us will not be accepted

and we'll be sent back home.

[migrants panicked chatter]

I only know what I have been told,

that not everyone is entitled.

I don't know who's entitled and who is not.

[panicked chattering]

[PA system chimes]

[Edith] Attention, please.

This is the first officer speaking.

As you know, a few days ago,

we rescued a number of refugees from the sea.

Negotiations are underway with the authorities

about the fate of these people.

One of them asked to be able to reach out to you

and the media through a public message.

We decided to give him permission to do so.

We are live. Go ahead.

My name is Tareq.

When I left Libya, there were 109 of us.

Only 28 survived.

[Tareq] We come from all over Africa.

We are all escaping from something.

Wars,

hunger...

lands where nothing grows, or just searching for a future.

We crossed the desert.

We've been beaten and robbed.

The women were raped

and forced into prostitution to pay for the trip.

And everyone risked dying for everything and for nothing.

Those who made it got to know the hell of Libya,

the slave market.

They were kidnapped and sold.

They were tortured

to squeeze money from their families,

to buy back their freedom.

Those who survive are put on a boat

that will sink like ours did.

[Tareq] And there is no one at sea who can save us.

NGOs are pushed out,

accused of making deals with traffickers.

And you,

you pretend not to see or hear us

when we ask for help.

You act like you are too far to intervene.

You, who pay the Libyans, give them ships,

train them to arrest us, to send us back.

[Tareq] You tell us we are right,

that those who die of hunger, disease, war,

will be welcomed and protected.

But all you do is stop us from arriving

in any possible way.

And no one knows it better than me...

because I, Tareq,

was a merchant of men.

I was one of them.

I bought, I sold, I tortured.

I am not asking for your forgiveness.

For them, and only for them, I'm asking you for mercy.

[tense music]

[door buzzes, thuds]

[Carl] Hands in the air! Hands in the air!

Turn around.

Now, get down on your knees.

On your knees.

Now, drop to your belly.

[guard 3] Got the flare, knife?

Inform the Navy that it's all over.

[Ousmane] He was one of them.

What did we do?

We're just stupid idiots.

I would have gone even with the devil to save my life.

And as a result, you and I will end up like him.

That's what the devil does. He takes you to hell.

We were already in Hell.

And they just want us to stay there,

Tareq just tell the truth.

[woman screams]

[cleaning lady] She's dead!

[indistinct chatter]

[soft music playing]

[waitress] Is everything fine? Would you like something else?

[Fiona] No. No, thank you.

[in Italian]

[somber music]

[Marem] It was a white man.

He came to get her.

The one who was always looking for her.

Enough.

Enough.

[tense music]

[clatters]

[guard 4] Calm down, calm down, calm down.

[guard 5] Hey, what the fuck are you doing?

[guard 6] Calm down.

- Are you crazy, man? - A white man killed one of us.

- Just calm down, just calm. - Enough!

Delta 3 to Delta 0.

[guard 5] Delta 3 to Delta 0.

[guard 7] Come on, up.

[Arrigo] Leave him here. I want to talk to him.

[Carl] Are you sure?

Tony, you stay here.

Of course, I understand.

[Longo] Schneider. Just do what you are told!

[Edith] But it doesn't make any sense now.

[Longo]Schneider, you heard me.

- [guard 5] Delta 3 to Delta 0. - Go on, Delta 3.

[guard 5] The migrants, they went out.

They're destroying everything.

Where are they?

They are furious.

They say we let a terrorist give a speech.

They're not wrong, but it's all over now.

[Edith] Nothing is over.

They want to disembark the refugees

onto a military vessel.

They will send them back to Libya.

[tense music]

[passengers chattering]

[passengers screaming]

[grunts]

You heard me correctly.

You need to inform all passengers

to return to their cabins.

They found a dead migrant.

They're on a rampage. Get it under control.

- Where? - Close to the mall.

[door opens]

Who?

[door closes]

Who died?

The Nigerian girl.

[Arrigo] Attention, please.

This is an important announcement.

[Arrigo] For safety reasons,

all passengers, please return to your cabins.

This is the captain speaking.

I repeat, all passengers, please return to your cabins.

We'll make sure to keep you updated.

Stop it, stop it.

[Arrigo in Italian]

[passengers clamoring]

[tense music]

[passengers murmuring]

Someone, someone among you killed one of us.

[Ousmane] A girl.

She was 20 years old.

Fucking parasite. Go back to where you came from.

[man 1] No way I'm gonna go back to my cabin

because of you, fucking asshole.

You go back to the fucking jungle, you monkeys.

- Where are your manners? - [hooligan] Manners?

I'll show you fucking manners.

- [glass shatters] - [passengers yelp]

[crowd] Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Hey! There he is!

[Daniel] That's him!

[gasps]

- [man 2] Get away from him! - [man 3] Hey!

[crowd screaming]

Did you kill her?

- Answer me. - [loud thud]

It was an accident.

An accident!

I'm sure it wasn't!

[people clamoring]

[gunshot]

Put it down. Put it down!

[Carl] Put it all down. You too.

[clatters]

Shoot.

Don't force me to.

Kill me.

[Carl] Stop!

Don't come any closer!

Kill me.

That's the way you want us.

Dead.

Shoot.

Carl!

Put the gun down.

[pants]

Put it down!

[sighs]

He is the man who killed our sister, Sophia.

[gasps]

Brothers and sisters, let's go back to our cabins.

Let's go.

- Get the fuck out of here. Go. - [passenger 1] Go.

Look at that.

In a quiet way.

[Diletta] Nico.

Dile.

[in Italian]

[Diletta in English] Please, can you open the door?

Please.

[Franco in Italian]

[Silvia in Italian]

[sighs]

Get them to their cabins as soon as possible,

and let's make sure they stay there, okay?

[soft tense music]

We need to get them ashore, Arrigo, not on another ship.

[Edith] Ashore, to safety.

[Arrigo] Longo has already called twice,

threatening me because we are not slowing down.

Do you have any idea of what the consequences...

I have an idea what the consequences will be for them.

[Edith] We don't transfer anyone.

We take them ashore.

[line disconnects]

[beeps]

[device beeping]

[trills]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music continues]

[cries softly]

[keypad beeping]

[error beeping]

[keypad beeping]

[error beeping]

[in German]

[error beeping]

[Edith murmuring in German]

[error beeping]

[phone ringing]

[ringing continues]

Yes.

I'm outside. I can't open the door.

[Edith] Let me in.

I can't right now.

What the fuck are you saying? Open that door.

I'm sorry, Edith, I'm feeling better now.

I take back my command and my responsibilities.

You want to give them the refugees?

That's what you want to do.

You coward!

- Open the fucking door. - [door thuds]

[Edith] Open the fucking door, Arrigo.

[loud knocking]

Take her to 20 knots.

- [Edith] Arrigo! - [loud knock]

Taking speed to 20 knots.

[loud knocking]

[melancholy music]

[device beeping]

[beeping continues]

[man 4] Orizzonte. Orizzonte. This is the Furing Frigate.

Reduce speed.

I repeat, reduce speed.

Orizzonte, do you read me?

[radio static]

This is Orizzonte,

Captain Benedetti Valentini speaking.

We do not accept the order received.

We are heading for the port of Lampedusa.

- [radio static] - [man 4] Negative.

Stop your engines immediately.

I'm sorry, Captain.

The safety of the passengers doesn't allow it.

[man 4]You are heading towards a lot of trouble, Captain.

I'm aware of that.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is the captain speaking.

We inform our passengers

that we are heading to the port of Lampedusa, in Italy.

- Yes! - [Marem laughs]

My brothers and sisters, we made it.

[migrants cheering]

[Arrigo] By order of the local authorities,

all passengers are requested to go ashore.

I repeat, we are docking at the port of Lampedusa.

[migrants cheering]

[in Wolof]

[coos]

[melancholy music]

[sirens wailing]

Officers, excellent work.

You may disembark now.

[Tareq] I won't leave.

[door opens]

It's okay.

[Arrigo] I'll handle it.

[door closes]

- [PA system chimes] - [man 5] Attention, please.

Where's Mary?

- Mary? - [man 5] Disembarkation...

- Mary? -for all passengers

at hatch 3.

I repeat. Disembarkation

for all passengers, deck 5, at hatch 3.

[Ousmane] We are in Europe now. Everything will be okay.

Just pray.

[speaking indistinctly]

[ürgen] Just one minute, please.

[mumbles]

Hi.

Hi.

I'm sorry for...

He would not understand.

I only have him.

I don't know what's going to happen now,

but I can't lose him.

I can't leave him alone.

I quit my job.

I'm going home.

[ürgen] For whatever you might need.

[guard 5] We start to disembark now.

Single file, please.

[Arrigo] It's time to go.

They have to come and get me.

They will, and they will not be kind.

[Tareq] Maybe it's better this way.

[Arrigo] You want to get killed?

If that's what it takes for them to talk about us.

You are not like the rest.

In this story, you are the bad guy.

Nobody will pity you.

We all made it onto this ship in one way.

And we're walking out in another.

[journalists chattering]

[journalist 1] Is it true the captain had a panic attack

during the hijacking?

- [camera shutters clicking] - [overlapping chatter]

[engine starts, rumbles]

[indistinct chatter]

[overlapping chatter]

[journalist 2] How many migrants have been rescued?

[journalist 3] Did you all know that a passenger had a gun?

[overlapping chatter]

My sons, the oldest one was eight,

the youngest one six.

I wanted to take them to a better place,

give them a chance.

But I didn't have enough time.

And you, why are you doing this?

Because I think it's the right thing to do.

[retreating footsteps]

Goodbye, Tareq.

May you find peace.

[loud blast]

[Arrigo panting]

[cop in Italian]

[journalists clamoring]

[Mary] Elvis!

Elvis!

Excuse me, sir, would you like to make a comment?

[in Italian]

Hey.

Hey.

For me?

Like, who else?

[gasps]

- The T-shirt of... - That guy.

Mbappé.

Exactly. [soft chuckle]

And what happens now?

Yeah. What happens now?

What's about to happen

is that Ousmane will own a beautiful taxi.

And he will take people to work, to the restaurant, home.

And his family will join him.

Or he will get back to them with enough money

to make them very happy.

Marem and Miracle will find a family...

that welcomes them.

Miracle will go to school.

And she will fall in love with someone.

Someone who will love her back.

And they will have a beautiful wedding.

Daniel will have a chance to be who he wants to be.

And Joseph won't stop loving him for it.

[camera shutters clicking]

[in French]

[Mary chuckles]

[Mary giggles]

[Elvis] It turns out I...

I probably won't become a football player.

But I'll stop having to be afraid of everything.

And I'll have much more normal stories to tell.

Stories that no one will ever think I made up.

[journalists clamoring]

[journalist 4 in Italian]

[journalist 5 in Italian]

[journalist 4 in Italian]

[journalist 6 in Italian]

[journalists clamoring]

[engine rumbling]

[camera shutters clicking]

[tense music]

[engine rumbling]

[melancholy music]

[melancholy music continues]

[suspenseful music]

[somber music]