A down-on-his-luck driver in Buenos Aires takes a last-minute fare: an elderly Muslim man who must reach La Paz.
A down-on-his-luck driver in Buenos Aires takes a last-minute fare: an elderly Muslim man who must reach La Paz. The pair set off across Argentina and Bolivia, their cramped car carrying clashing tastes, frayed tempers and quiet hopes. Detours, breakdowns and the passenger’s fragile health turn the job into an unexpected reckoning, as the journey becomes his first step toward pilgrimage and the driver’s lesson in responsibility, empathy and faith.
Filmed along real highways and border towns, this understated road movie traces a 4,000-kilometre route where small encounters remap two lives. With gentle humour and human detail, it opens a window onto intergenerational friendship and cross-cultural understanding, reminding us that sometimes the most transformative destinations are found in transit.
Filmed along real highways and border towns, this understated road movie traces a 4,000-kilometre route where small encounters remap two lives. With gentle humour and human detail, it opens a window onto intergenerational friendship and cross-cultural understanding, reminding us that sometimes the most transformative destinations are found in transit.