Arta Dobroshi

In a cold and remote landscape, two strangers struggle to repair their broken pasts. A young man is on parole after serving time for attempting to murder the man who killed his girlfriend in a hit and run. A woman is released from a psychiatric facility far from her homeland. These two damaged strangers cross paths in the mountains in winter and fall into a complex intimate relationship, putting to the test their capacity to trust and heal.

Al, a young man from a modest background is about to marry his boss’ daughter, along with succeeding him as the head of a car dealership. One night, while coming back from his bachelor party, he is guilty of a hit-and-run accident, urged by his two childhood friends present in the car. The next day, gnawed with guilt, Al decides to inquire about his victim. What he does not know is that Juliette, a young woman, has witnessed the entire accident from her balcony.

A pesar de que Adam (William Hurt) y Mary (Isabella Rossellini) se aman, de repente, deciden separarse. No son una pareja de jovencitos, tienen más de sesenta años, una edad que les permite compaginar eficazmente sus relaciones con hijos, nietos, trabajo y amigos. Pero, de repente, ambos descubren que ya han entrado en la vejez.

A young woman is followed home by a stranger.

Tras un matrimonio de conveniencia con un drogadicto, Lorna, una joven albanesa, está a punto de conseguir la nacionalidad belga. El plan es de su novio Fabio e incluye también provocarle una sobredosis al joven belga para que Lorna quede viuda y pueda casarse con un ruso que también quiere obtener la nacionalidad belga. Lorna no está de acuerdo con Fabio, ella prefiere solucionar el problema pidiendo el divorcio. Lorna y su novio están ahorrando para realizar su sueño: abrir un bar.

It is 1961 and an Albanian student (Nik Xhelilaj) of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, together with a group of Czech students, is shooting his graduate movie on a motorcycle factory, in the small market-town of Český Šternberk, in then Czechoslovakia. Coming from a country that is completely isolated from the rest of Europe, he is fascinated by the lifestyle, society and "erotic exuberance" of the Czech golden youth, yet feeling strong links with his family in his homeland. He falls in love with a married woman (Anna Geislerová), the wife of a police superintendent (Paolo Buglioni) and is insecure about his future.

During the riots of 1997 in Albania the retired photographer PETRO travels from his hometown Gjirokastra to the capital Tirana. He has taken pictures of a killing with his Super-8-camera and wants to get the film developed. Petro doesn't know that he shot material that shows how a TV-camera causes the death of a man and his granddaughter in order to get a good story. Unfortunately Petro meets this cameraman - BERTI - on the trip to Tirana. When the film is finally developed Petro gets to know the truth - and he knows his life is in danger! After many adventures on the road he tries at last to present the film to the public. But he must realize that the material was stolen. So only Petro knows the truth while the media spread lies about the deaths of Girokastra.