[1] The film stars Koudous Seihon and Alassane Sy as friends who cross the Mediterranean Sea to immigrate to Italy, where they experience unexpected hostility from locals.

After one of their colleagues is attacked by Italian police, many of the refugees begin a protest against their treatment and start damaging property and cars in the village.

Ayiva manages to escape down a side alley but then has to flee from a crowd of angry villagers; his friend Abas is caught and beaten up.

A local refugee charity suggests that Abas would be able to get a residence permit for a year, because of his injuries, but Ayiva says they would rather return home to Africa.

The website's critical consensus states: "Perhaps too laser-focused, Mediterranea examines the excruciating journey of an immigrant with an anthropological lens; a passage full of hope against all hopelessness".