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蘭佩杜薩島（Lampedusa）是義大利南端地中海上的一座小小離島，這裡是12歲男孩Samuele的家，大人離開小島謀生，只剩老人與小孩留下來繼續生活。應該要繼承傳統成為一名專業漁夫的Samuele卻容易暈船，總在每個無所事事的下午虛擲光陰，然而，這個島的另外一端卻有著他所不知道的一面。咫尺之遠，每週就有數百名非洲及中東難民渡過地中海，登上這座小島，這裡是他們追求自由的唯一希望，只不過逃離死亡的路途前方，等待的仍是死亡。一個被世人遺忘的小島，有人要離開，有人卻冒死前來。

Winner of the Golden Bear for Best Film at the Berlin Film Festival 2016, Gianfranco Rosi’s incisive, poignant and deeply moving portrait of the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa - and the humanitarian crisis occurring in the seas around it - is both a masterly work of documentary filmmaking and a timely call for urgent action.
Situated 150 miles south of Sicily, Lampedusa has hit headlines as the first port of call for hundreds of thousands of African and Middle Eastern refugees hoping to make a new life in Europe. After spending months living on the island and engaging with its inhabitants, Rosi accumulated an incredible array of footage, portraying the history, culture and daily lives of the islanders. Focusing on 12-year-old Samuele, as he explores the land and attempts to gain mastery of the sea, the film slowly builds a breathtakingly naturalistic portrait of the Lampedusan people and the events that surround them.
The result is a lyrical, poetic and searingly powerful documentary that casts neither judgement nor aspersions, but simply shows the world to the viewer - to utterly devastating effect.