Alive! (Originalfassung) (2009)

his opponents. When he decides to arm himself and train, the notion of a modern present dissolves into melancholy. Koli is catapulted into an Albanian reality that is devoid of all romantic folklore. In a country where until recently Hoxherian despotism and a grisly mountaineers' mentality were ruling alongside, there is neither a right to a "modern" every day life nor the possibility of escaping to such, while the insistence on tradition isleading directly into catastrophe as well. Thus, Artan Minarolli's heroes shipwreck on their own great expectations.