After the tragic events of 1997, Niku, 23, lives in Tirana. He is to take care of his dad, Kutjim, endlessly sick, and of his mother, Martha, a fabric worker, fired after the application of the « capitalist » reform. Niku is looking for a job. He is an honest and sensitive man. He loves Klara, who, as many Albanian young people, dreams of going abroad, attracted by the luxurious West. Klara keeps thinking that they belong to a lost generation, but Niku, who knows the fate of foreigners in Italy, wants to stay in his country.
Official selection of the International film Festival of Venise 2001
Golden Alexander International Film Festival of Tessalonique 2001
Best Director Silver Wave of the Mediterranean Film Festival of Cologne 2002
Quinzaine des réalisateurs at Cannes Festival 2002
In a small amount of time, the Albanian film maker has well translated the actual situation of his country, ten years after the fall of the communist dictatorship : corruptions and inside wars have stuck the country and the population is depressed...