Director's note

« Although the return of the soldier is one of the most common motifs in film history, it is rarer to see the theme treated without the heroic gravity that the horror of war induces. It seems to me that this solemn dimension is imbued with a respect for authority and a sacralization of the men and institutions that orchestrate this violence.

I want to circumvent this feeling of respect and give space to a voice that questions the stories legitimizing horror. Daniel Torres, fighting the ghosts of multiple wars, carries this voice. What interested me about him is his rebellious side. An insolent young man, a veteran of the Iraq war, who also managed to legally defeat one of the most racist and xenophobic States in the world.

Every soldier is an exile. As Daniel Torres says, you can’t return home after going to war. For him, this situation multiplies. He carries in his soul the tragic destiny of a soldier condemned to switch trenches because he was born on the “wrong side of the border”.

I start from there, from his condition of eternal exile, to embrace the destiny of this man, so far from me and that I consider amazing, due to my pacifist convictions and my rejection of all forms of violence.»