C’est l’histoire de celles et ceux qui veillent les migrants oubliés. Plus de 20.000 personnes sont mortes en Méditerranée depuis 2014 selon l'Organisation Internationale pour les Migrations. 20.000 noms, dilués, et autant de familles brisées. Que deviennent ces morts ? Qui les nomme ? Comment font les mères, les frères, pour tenter de retrouver leurs disparus ? Numéro 387 nous emmène dans cette quête de l’identité et de la dignité.

On April 18, 2015, a ship carrying at least 800 refugees sank off the Libyan coast. A year later, the salvaged wreck is brought to a Sicilian military base, where a forensic pathologist and her team are waiting to discover the identity of the victims. At this point, all that remains of victim #387 are remnants of clothing and decaying photographs and letters. Sim cards, soaked banknotes and a tube of toothpaste: these simple belongings have now become macabre still lifes. In this investigative documentary, others employ their own methods to identify those who died. A researcher visits cemeteries where victims are buried as numbers, and works laboriously through various archives. Meanwhile, a Red Cross worker hopes to speak to possible family members in African villages, to discover the victims’ stories and give them a name. This cinematic journey with a detective feel reveals the drudgery of humanitarian work, but above all it serves as a testament to the value of human life.