An Exile without End

Carlos aka ‘Monkey’, is an extraordinary man. He isn’t afraid of the masked ICE agents who have just arrested him and are sending him back to his home country, Honduras. He is one of the million immigrants that Trump has promised to deport. And he’s determined to return.

Eight years ago, we followed him from his departure from Honduras to the United States, risking his life on ‘la bestia’ and in the desert. There were many times when he could have died, but he made it to Texas and realised his American Dream.

He immediately found a job as a roofer, married a young American woman and had a son, who is now three years old. He paid his taxes and lived like any other American. Then, Trump was re-elected president of the United States and he launched a massive crackdown on undocumented immigrants like Monkey. Last July, Monkey was arrested by ICE and deported to Honduras, despite his American family. 

But Monkey isn’t the type to give up. He is about to set out again on the same road he took eight years ago. He will travel the 3,000 kilometers that separate Honduras from his home. He will board La Bestia once more. He will face the same dangers. Nothing has changed on the road. It is still just as deadly.

And, once again, we will follow him on his journey. Through this new journey, fuelled by images of the past and present, the film follows the fate of a man condemned to start all over again, time and time again.

Monkey’s Odyssey is an intimate epic that embodies all the misery, hope, and dangers experienced by hundreds of thousands of migrants, victims of this endless migration.