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Synopsis: This film centers on a family in Albania, with main characters Rudina, the oldest daughter, and Nik, the oldest son. Both have a pretty normal life. Rudina is an A-student in high school hoping to continue on at university; Nik, very popular, is just falling in love with a classmate while dreaming of opening a business with a friend. Their father earns the family's income through a little bread delivery service, for which he shortcuts across his neighbours' ground. The neighbour resents this, even though the ground had actually once belonged to Rudina's and Nik's family. One day the conflict escalates and the neighbour gets killed by Rudina's and Nik's father and their uncle. Because the police only catch their uncle while their father successfully goes into hiding, the old law of blood feud is invoked against the family, whereby all males enter into virtual house arrest. Since only the women of the family can leave, Rudina has to quit school to continue her father's bread delivery ser
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Joshua Marston
Production: IFC Films
  4 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
73
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
NOT RATED
Year:
2011
109 min
$119,683
Website
41 Views


in that direction.

lt doesn't matter.

What was l supposed to do?

Rudina, where's the cell phone?

l bought more minutes.

l'll do it.

Where'd you put the phone?

- Over there.

Did you find someplace safe?

lt's best you don't know

where l am.

What about the police?

They've been by twice.

Are you okay?

Well enough.

My eyes are acting up.

l need my drops.

Has Sokol's family tried anything?

They refuse to listen to us.

They didn't give us

a besa for the funeral.

They say

they were doubly insulted

because you and Uncle Zef

came onto their land.

We went to talk to him.

We didn't do anything.

We were unarmed.

He welcomed us with his knife.

He attacked you?

He jumped on us like a crazy dog.

Mark...

your soup is getting cold.

Do we have any cigarettes?

Did Dritan bring the gun?

l sent word for him to bring it.

You need to keep it loaded...

or there's no point having it.

Did Sokol do that to you?

Now load it.

Have you come across any of them?

No.

Make sure

you don't provoke them.

lf you see them on the street,

avoid them.

Kristjan Lukaj has been

bringing in bread from Shkodra.

But...

l start earlier now.

The time.

The light.

Good-bye.

Bread.

Thanks.

How are you?

Fine. And you?

Good.

Here's your money.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

Good morning.

Four packs of cigarettes.

The same kind as always.

- Thank you.

- Have a good day.

You sell a lot of cigarettes?

Depends on the people.

But...

how much does a carton cost?

Fifteen thousand, twenty thousand,

depending on the brand.

And how much do you make?

Why do you want to know?

lf l buy three cartons,

can l pay you at the end of the week?

l work with money, Rudina.

l give credit all the time.

You're going to sell cigarettes?

A girl like you shouldn't even

be selling bread.

l'll give you the money

in a few days.

Thursday you'll pay me.

But...

since l'm getting three cartons,

l need a discount.

That's how it works.

- Hey.

- You're here?

Of course l'm here.

You thought l'd chicken out?

You're crazy.

What are you doing here?

What are you doing here?

l can't believe l made it.

Did you have trouble

getting out?

No, it was easy.

lt was weird how easy it was.

What do you do all day?

l don't know.

Watch TV... think of you.

Shut up.

l heard there was a party

for Klodi's birthday.

Yeah. lt was boring.

l heard you were laughing

at his jokes.

- l was not.

-That's not what l heard.

You heard wrong.

- Really?

- Yes.

Did you miss me?

Do you really think

they would try something?

My grandfather says

they'd be happy

if they shot me or Dren.

He's just a little boy.

They know

it would hurt my family

more than anything.

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Joshua Marston

Joshua Jacob Marston (born August 13, 1968) is an American screenwriter and film director best known for the film Maria Full of Grace. Born in Los Angeles County, California, he graduated from Beverly Hills High School. Marston worked in Paris as an intern for Life, then for ABC News during the Gulf War. He returned to the United States and earned a master's degree in Political science from University of Chicago in 1994 before earning a Master of Fine Arts in film at New York University.Marston also directed an episode of Six Feet Under, and Episode 7 of The Newsroom in 2012. Marston directed a segment of the collective film New York, I Love You. His 2011 film The Forgiveness of Blood premiered in competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and competed for the Golden Bear. Along with Andamion Murataj, Marston won the Silver Bear for Best Script.In 2016, Marston made his English-language debut on Complete Unknown starring Rachel Weisz and Michael Shannon, which had its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. The film was released on August 26, 2016 by Amazon Studios & IFC Films. Marston is currently directing Come Sunday for Netflix. more…

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