The Outsiders

Inspired by true events.

1946, Santa Maria al Bagno, Puglia. In this tiny fishing port at the heel of Italy’s boot, four children – Tommaso, Umberto, Marcello and Giovanni – find a dead body hidden in the bushes along a dusty road they have never noticed before. It leads them to a British-run refugee camp, where thousands who have survived the war are waiting to embark for Palestine, the future state of Israel. The camp is a world away from post-war Italy, with food and medicine, doctors, and all the resources that the town lacks. To the hungry children, it looks like Paradise.

Tommaso has a sister who is dying of typhus. He would do anything to save her, even steal. Paradoxically, their only hope lies within the camp’s confines.