Far from his hometown, Beqir spends most of his time in front of the typewriter machine rather than with his wife. Nostalgic for his homeland and his people, he is no longer at peace with himself, so by writing his memoirs he tries to unveil something important, something he hides from his wife and even himself.
In 1990, a European delegation comes to Tirana to monitor the reforms of the communist regime. A government official is sent on a mission to a faraway prison in order to bring an important dissident back to the capital.
Uka
A young Albanian immigrant and his French fiance decide to pay a surprise visit to his native village. Their surprise turns sour when his family learns the true reasons behind their son's return.
An old man with Alzheimer's goes out of his house, on a cold winter day, he fails to make his way back home.
Kreshnik
Албания. Ник учится в выпускном классе школы. Сразу по окончании школы он планирует начать собственное дело — открыть интернет-кафе. Его сестре Рудине пятнадцать и она мечтает поступить после школы в институт. Однако планы на будущее пришлось корректировать, когда их семья вступила в конфликт с семьей соседей из-за земли, а их отец, обвиняемый в убийстве, был вынужден бежать в горы. По древнему албанскому закону, пока отец семьи скрывается от правосудия, ни один взрослый мужчина из их семьи не имеет права выходить из дома. В этой ситуации единственным человеком, который может спасти семью оказывается Рудина.
Babo
In 1999 the Rahmanis and their three children emigrated to Switzerland during the NATO bombing in Serbia. After years of living in their new homeland, the family faces the prospects of deportation. Desperate to stay, Rasim - the father of the family and an ex- music teacher - masterminds the making of an Albanian Dance Troupe in order to garner signatures of support from the community… The War is Over is an intimate narrative that reflects the common immigrant experience in the age of globalization. Can a good man hold up under the excruciating pressures of war, exile and deportation? Will he be able to rebuild his life abroad and make sense of it?
