The Cup of Tea

This morning, Marina has an appointment with Charlie to sell her a mattress. This evening, she will cancel her plane for Reunion. But they don't know that yet.

Palestinian-Syrian teenager Nasser and his older brother Yassin have been living in a Greek refugee camp, awaiting a decision on their asylum application. They pass the time recording comedy sketches, fantasizing of making zombie films and moving to Sweden. Nasser, however, feels increasingly trapped in this no-man’s-land. With nowhere to escape, Boiling tensions in the camp push Nasser to another world.

At her grandmother's funeral, Charlie learns that she already has a place reserved in the family vault. In search of an escape, she herself delivers the crate of disco vinyls her grandmother left to the wine merchant in a village in the south of France. In the deserted seaside resort, the records bring back bitter memories of lost loves. Here, time has a different value, and people are more bored than busy. Charlie only has eyes for Marina, the waitress at the pizzeria. Nothing predestined clumsy, overly sincere Charlie and wounded tornado Marina to mend fences together. But sometimes destiny reunites lost mermaids.