Two Senegalese teenagers, Seydou and Moussa leave Dakar for Italy. On a journey neither of the boys could have anticipated, they experience the dangers and the beauty of the desert, the shock of detention centres in Libya, and the perils of the sea in their pursuit of a better life. Io Capitano won Garrone a Silver Lion for best director at Venice Film Festival and was nominated for best international feature at the Oscars.