About the film

In 2010, Stéphane Hessel, a 93-year-old Frenchman,a resistance veteran and a former diplomat and author,published a lean 30-page essay titled „Indignados-Vous!”,calling on readers to get angry about the state ofcontemporary society and join the worldwide political movement he unwittingly christened. Thanks to him, the„Outraged” finally had a voice of their own! Using this text asa guide, Tony Gatlif documents the outrage of fed up nations,the despair of displaced immigrants.

Following Betty,a young girl of African descend who’swashed up on the Greekshores, he leads us to the refugee camps in the Patras harborand eventually to jail. After a sojourn in Paris and Egypt, it’sback to Greece before hemoves on to Spain. The Betty story isnothing but a loose narrative strand, as the film is mainlyabout the masses, whose emotions play the starring role,translated into lines from Hessel’s book, Gatlif's purpose is notpurely observational. It’s not about documenting upheaval, it’s about encouraging you to join the ranks and become justas indignant as the people on the screen.