For nearly two decades, a man named Merhan Karimi Nasseri lived in the transit zone of the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. After being expelled from his home country of Iran and losing his identification papers, he found himself in a state of perpetual limbo, unable to enter France or fly to another destination. He eventually adopted the persona of Sir Alfred, a British citizen, and became a local celebrity, with his story inspiring the film The Terminal. His life in the airport was a complex mix of tragedy and self-sabotage, and he remained there until a health emergency forced his relocation.