After learning that his son, Yahya, has died at sea trying to get to Spain, Ahmed Tchiche must find a way to bring his remains back home to Morocco so he and his family can have a proper goodbye. A Spanish mortician, an NGO worker and an established Moroccan immigrant living in Spain all struggle to help Ahmed navigate the complicated process of repatriation. Through interweaving stories, Until He's Back explores a dangerous journey - crossing the Gibraltar Strait from Africa to Spain - and the difficulty of returning the bodies of those who drawn at sea. In this story of grief and hope, a family and a community try to make sense of the tragedy that took Yahya away.