Those Who Watch Over follows descendants of immigrants from different faiths as they visit their deceased. Set in Brussels’ multifaith cemetery, the film explores the deep and inventive bond between the living and their dead, blending the tragic with the absurd, poetry with humour.

Cecilio, a drug dealer and crack addict, tries to get out of the void as he survives squatting inside an old fabric in Lisbon. Despite his efforts to change his life with a new job and internal fight, the ruthless system keeps pushing him down to the margins of society. This dark journey reveals nevertheless that even the most degraded life still has beauty, dignity, and solidarity.