The destiny of a Chti miner-anarchist-deserter and his family, simply trying to live, pursued by events linked to the First World War, the Spanish Civil War, the Second World War and then the Algerian War; each conflict forcing them to seek refuge "farther away" in spite of numerous subterfuges, sometimes astonishing, sometimes counter-productive. A journey from the mines of the North to Interpol-Paris after a lifetime of fleeing: France, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, the Provence landings, occupied Berlin, and the involuntary return of one of the sons to his father's native land... (2 sisters can still testify)