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.

Late Bloomers stars Isabella Rossellini and William Hurt as a married couple pulled apart by the threat of old age. Each reacts in a different way: Hurt’s distinguished architect chases after his glory days, while Rossellini’s housewife installs handrails about the house.

A young woman is followed home by a stranger.

「息子のまなざし」「ある子供」のダルデンヌ兄弟が、国籍を取得するため偽装結婚をした移民女性を主人公に描く感動のヒューマン・ラブストーリー。偽りの結婚生活の中で思いがけず情が移り始めたことで生まれる葛藤と断ち切れない闇社会との関係に追いつめられていくさまを大胆な構成でサスペンスフルに描き出していく。主演は新星アルタ・ドブロシ、共演に「ある子供」のジェレミー・レニエ。 　アルバニアからベルギーにやって来た女性、ロルナ。同郷の恋人とこの地でバーを開くことを夢見る彼女は、この国の国籍を取得するため闇のブローカー、ファビオの手引きで麻薬中毒の青年クローディと偽装結婚をする。最初は疎ましく思いながらも、自分を慕い懸命に麻薬から足を洗おうと苦しむクローディの姿に、いつしか特別な感情が芽生え始めるロルナだったが…。

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.