Category: MAKE IT SHORT
Stage of Production: Script Development
Production Countries: Spain
Director: Jan Amor Sandiumenge
Tagline:
It is night, at a border gas station. The cries for help from migrant people trapped inside a locked truck spark a fierce clash between two truckers, involving everyone present at the gas station.
Synopsis:
French truck driver DOMINIQUE meets Spanish sheep trucker SERGIO in the parking lot of a border gas station. The sudden cries for help from a group of migrant people trapped inside Dominique’s truck interrupts their chatter. Sergio wants to call the police, but Dominique insists on freeing them. Dominique ignores Sergio's threats and releases the migrants from his truck, leaving only WANDA, a pregnant vulnerable Malian woman. Dominique attempts to help her, but Sergio stops him, accusing him of trafficking. Cornered, Dominique opens Sergio’s truck and releases the sheep inside, sparking a violent fight. Meanwhile, a bus full of tourists has pulled into the gas station. MIQUEL, the manager, catches a tourist backpacker stealing. He takes him to his office and calls the police. Colombian employee LEIDI, who has witnessed the truckers’ fight via the surveillance monitor, sees Wanda escaping the truck and hiding in the restrooms. Two police agents arrive as Sergio bursts into the shop dragging a badly injured Dominique and arrest both. Miquel exits his office, leaving the backpacker locked inside. The tourists rush out the shop to film a dozen sheep wandering in the gas pumps. Leidi watches the chaos from the counter, grabs a sweater and a cap and heads to the restrooms. Locked in the police car, Dominique recognizes Wanda, disguised in new clothes, boarding the bus like any other tourist. Leidi watches the bus departure with a victorious smile.
Project representatives:
Jan Amor Sandiumenge (Writer and director)