Katja Verheul

Saharan dust carrying radioactive traces of nuclear tests in Algeria blows back to France, turning the skies red. Meanwhile, a French veteran and a group of archeology students speculate on what will be remembered and what will be hidden forever.

A couple of times a year, the sky turns red in France. Sand dust from the Sahara is passed through a difference in air pressure from North Africa to Southern Europe. This dust, a time capsule containing cesium-137 from the French nuclear tests in Algeria, covers everything. The film exposes the impact of a war that was never fought. A French veteran and archeology students share and speculate on what will be remembered and what will be hidden under the sand forever.