Silent Storm

The sea holds irresistible promise for those hoping for a better life across the water; the women who have lost their loved one to it never want to see it again. In this impressionistic short film we hear from two women on the Mediterranean shore, who have lived through the horrific outcome of the hazardous journey their son and brother undertook. He was fearless, strong, intelligent. He never looked back. He knew he would one day return to them.

His mother dreams about her boy, and sees him when she’s staring into space. She wonders what he did in the face of the implacable sea. Did he yell, or did he cry? Did he call for his mother or father? These questions are part of a universal experience. “This heartache, so many mothers were eaten by it,” she says. The women grieve, dream and reminisce, while the waves roll relentlessly on.