Our existence is full of paradoxes. In the most polluted land of France, in a small industrial town by the Mediterranean Sea, people are enjoying life. 

Semi-trailers follow one another, iron factories are producing heavy smoke, supertankers are crossing the horizon and against an infinite backdrop of plumes of black smoke and tall chimneys. People live in this contrasting territory. 

Between worry and the need for carefree living, they try to get on with their lives. And to not see the factories on the right, just look at the sea on the left.

by Pascal Messaoudi, 80min, 2025

Produced by Cinephage in coproduction with Medindoc Maritima TV

French, 4K, documentary, (pollution, anthropocene, nature, industry, paradoxe)

Status : in post-production