At 60 Km/h

A journey around the world at the speed of transformation

At 60 Km documents the extraordinary decision of Mario Sabah, a divorced and solitary Uruguayan, to fulfil a long held dream on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday. Leaving his job behind, he restores a blue Citroen Méhari from 1977, a lightweight all terrain vehicle with a modest engine and a maximum speed of sixty kilometres per hour. Together with a camera and his two sons, he embarks on an ambitious journey that will eventually span more than four years, over one hundred and fifty thousand kilometres, forty five countries and five continents.

What begins as a shared family adventure gradually reveals its emotional complexity. As the Méhari crosses Latin America, the slow rhythm of travel intensifies relationships and brings underlying tensions to the surface. Halfway through the journey, a clash of personalities leads to a separation, and Mario continues alone, driving north as far as Canada. The film observes how distance, solitude and repetition reshape his perception of time and effort, as he sometimes covers hundreds of kilometres without noticing the passing hours.

From Canada, the Méhari is shipped to Spain, marking the start of a new phase through Europe, Asia and Australia. Heat, rain, dirt and constant uncertainty accompany the road ahead, along with limited resources and remarkable endurance. Through this prolonged movement at sixty kilometres per hour, the documentary reflects on travel not as conquest, but as adaptation. As Mario’s son Mattias observes, moving slowly allows the traveller to change with the landscape itself, embracing a way of life defined by patience, attention and transformation.