Plot

A western tourist travels to a small island in Greece on the advice of a stranger to overcome a recent personal tragedy. this will be a trip for self discovery and healing with the help of the locals and the natural beauty of the island.

Three men - Hector, Jason and Atia - all arrive on a remote Greek island. All three of them arrive for very different reasons but the one thing they share is their intention to end their lives. However from the moment they arrive unusual things begin to happen. Hector begins to see a dark skinned woman in a white dress all over the island but every time he approaches her she disappears. Jason sees the same woman in a series of nightmares and unknown to him, she is watching him on the island. The same woman watches Atia but he is completely unaware of her presence. All three of soon discover that the answer to solving their own problems may well lie in the act of showing kindness to strangers. 'The Journey' is a film that portrays the quest of three men to find themselves again and for two of them discovering the country of Greece for the first time in their lives. In addition to being a powerful and touching drama, it aims to restore a positive image of Greece that has been recently misrepresented by the world media at large due to focus on the recent financial crisis. Through the journey of three protagonists, their turmoil reflects the struggles of the country and those we all suffer when we lose someone who is close to us.—Lance Nielsen

When a passing Samaritan, Ozzy stops a young Londoner, Will, from trying to kill himself, he takes him for a reluctant drink to calm his nerves. Sensing the young man might still make a stupid decision in his life, Ozzy tells 'Will' the tale of two men he met while travelling in Greece who were facing a similar dilemma. Like Will, these men, Hector and Jason, had both lost the desire to live and like him they too planned to end their lives. Ozzy explains that they found a way forward by not only facing their own demons but by accidentally saving others in their quest to find answers. Ozzy recounts their tale, transporting Will and the audience on a journey to the islands of Greece where we see both men individually struggle with their own loss and how their decision to travel impacts the lives of those they meet on the journey. Despite being consumed by their own despair Hector and Jason still show small acts of kindness to those whom they meet which have stronger ramifications than they envisaged. Not only to those strangers around them, but for themselves as well. Hector encounters Atia, a mercenary recently returned from Libya who is carrying a heavy burden and Jason meets Barbra, a British woman going through a difficult divorce. Each character they encounter becomes a source for personal reconciliation as they attempt to come to terms with their own grief and loss by inadvertently helping others despite being haunted by ghosts from their recent past. All the characters are linked by Ozzy, who meets them while he travels from island to island looking for the next party and by a mysterious dark woman dressed in white who constantly stalks the men. But is everything as it seems or are their greater forces at work guiding them on a journey that they have yet to fully comprehend?—Lance Nielsen