Letters from Alou

Letters from Alou (Spanish: Las cartas de Alou) is 1990 Spanish film directed and written by Montxo Armendáriz.

Alou, a Senegalese man that has entered Spain illegally, can only find occasional jobs due to his situation.

Thanks to the letters he sends regularly to his parents, we hear of his experiences and feelings as he laboriously tries to be integrated into Spanish society.

He starts out on the coast of Almeria, working in the greenhouses.

But he crosses the Strait again, closing the circle that leaves a door open to hope.