Frontiera

"Frontiera"

"Frontiera" (2018)

Two young men find themselves on the same ferry to Lampedusa; it is their first day, one as an undertaker, the other as a diver. They don't know each other, yet their destiny will be forever marked by their mission on the island.

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<p>Two young men find themselves on the same ferry to Lampedusa; it is their first day, one as an undertaker, the other as a diver. They don't know each other, yet their destiny will be forever marked by their mission on the island.</p>

A short by Alessandro Di Gregorio

Two young people find themselves on the same ferry to Lampedusa; it is their first day at work.

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