Director: Theo Angelopoulos

　　Country/Region:France/Italy/Greece/Switzerland

　　Synopsis:While working on a story in the border area, a young journalist discovers a divided town bisected by a river which is also the national frontier. The town, almost forgotten at the end of the world, has been named waiting room by the locals because most of its inhabitants are refugees from different countries. In the course of his investigation, he also comes upon an aging, reclusive refugee, who lives there cultivating a field. But the young journalist believes he is a famous Greek politician who disappeared years before, leaving behind him many unanswered questions.