Ilia is homesick, he longs for everything that used to make him beam with pleasure. Even though he was born in the war, his life was almost normal in Afghanistan. He lived in a big house together with his father, mother, brothers and sister. Then the Taliban killed his brother and grandfather. And everything changed forever. Now Ilia is living in the Netherlands, along with his sick mother, in a room as small as a closet. He is afraid of being sent back to Afghanistan where the Taliban know where to find him. 'Under the stars I felt at home' is about the right to grow up safely in a family, together with your parents, brothers and sisters.