To be 20 years old in Israel often means taking up arms. In Egypt at the age of 20 people have just discovered what national feeling means, after the popular uprising which forced Mubarak to leave. There is a world between these two countries, only a few hundreds of sea kilometres distant. The Mediterranean Sea gathers countries with different languages, cultures and believes. This sea is a link between the North and the South, Western countries and the Middle East and a crossroad between Europe, Africa and Asia. It’s also a sensitive area shaken by serious conflicts and the resurgence of people who turn against dictators. Young people are in the middle of these changes, young people met in Morocco, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Albania, Italy (Lampedusa) and Spain. They all fight for their convictions and dreams. Among them there are Roberto, a young Italian man helping immigrants arrived in Lampedusa, and Yussef, one of the first Egyptians having started manifestations in Cairo.

Marion Touboul, journalist since 2006, is reporter in Egypt for Arte-Info and Arte-Reportage. She was based in Jordan where she was very close to Iraqi wounded cured in Amman, and she co-wrote a documentary broadcasted on France 5. In Iran, she directed of a documentary about an underground rock band. Her first 52'  documentary is To be 20 in the Mediterranean for France 3.