Spain, March 1939. The war is dying down. At the Port of Alicante thousands of people are piling, waiting for the arrival of ships that will carry them to exile. Moored, the freighter Stanbrook is witnessing the desperation.
Social & External
The people behind it
Jonathan D. Mellor
Captain Dickson
Àngel Fígols
Joan
Nuria Herrero
Neus
Abdelatif Hwidar
Ahmed
Neus Agulló
Carmen
Héctor Juezas
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