居住在多元文化的同一社區中四個陌生人發生了巨大變化這天，該社區的郵箱被菲律賓少年依格惡作劇炸毀，至關重要的文件被銷毀，繁榮的都市生活是無情的，莉娜和馬努被毒販追殺，非法移民的莉妲獨自一人帶著新生嬰兒，丈夫因車禍喪生甚至無法辨認屍體，依格努力想被當地社區接受但卻是徒勞，塔利亞注視著附近社區中非常努力生活的每個人都失去了尋找到幸福的機會。

Albania, 1958. Luana, the daughter of a well respected man in the village, makes friends with Agim, who moved here after his family were banned from the city by the communists. Years later, their childhood friendship turns into teenage love, but without prospects. Luana’s father promised her in marriage to someone else when she was a child. When her father finds out about Luana and Agim’s love, he is furious and immediately arranges for his daughter to be married to the man he chose for her. Luana faces a dilemma: to flee with her lover to Germany, risking being caught by the communists and probably killed, or stay loyal to her family. A poignant love story set in dark times shaped by pressure from old traditions. A deeply human tale about freedom, which is the greatest good even if the price is loneliness.

While a mute and lonely mother lives a life that is far from easy, she nevertheless bares her lot with dignity and courage. Her 15-year-old son is trying to stand on his own two feet, but in so doing he only complicates the grim situation in the family.

Amnesty is a 2011 Albanian movie directed by Bujar Alimani. It’s a story about two people who meet up in jail when they come for monthly visits of their spouses. They fall in love after becoming witnesses to a wedding in jail but their relationship has to end because both their spouses get amnesty from the government. What happens next is shown in usual Southeast European movie style.

She is alone. The land of the living is far away, while the world of the dead smells like chamomile.