
Keywords
- Screen: Southeast Europe
- Sooner Europe Exclusives: Stories that Matter
- Sooner Exclusives
- drugs
- eastern europe
- family
- natural
- small town
- youth
Actors
- Ariton Pollozhani
- Tristan Halilaj
- Vedran Živolić
- Elia Zaharia
- Luiza Xhuvani
Director
- Gjergj Xhuvani
Crime
1h 48min
16+
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On the picturesque shores of Lake Prespa, in the tri-border area of Albania, northern Macedonia and Greece, drug smugglers fight for supremacy.
On the picturesque shores of Lake Prespa, in the tri-border area of Albania, northern Macedonia and Greece, drug smugglers fight for supremacy.
Living on the banks of lake Prespa, Young Kristo has become a small-time marijuana smuggler to support his family, using his boat and knowledge of the lake waters.
Scenic Lake Prespa in the tri-border region of Albania, North Macedonia and Greece is a hotbed of drug trafficking with competing dealer networks fighting for control of the area.
Over time, Kristo has grown to idolize the two male drug dealers he works for – the sneaky, aggressive Ismail and Pasko, a wanted criminal who supports his wife, Ditka, and his aging mother.
„Children are born and raised with an atypical moral code [here], where making money to lift you out of poverty, by illegal means, somehow makes you a man. It makes you somebody…“ (Director's statement)