Father and Godfather, Synopsis
The
events take place in a small Albanian village, around the '30ies. This
isolated land, dominated by rituals and patriarchal relationships is
the spirit that welcomes the newborn child of Abas. Servet, a
co-villager, emigrant in the United States of America comes back
in his homeland bringing a new vision and a new mentality, which
serves as an inspiration for the 10 years old boy, Gjoleka, the son of
Abas. Gjoleka founds himself in between of the ideas of his wild
father, Abas and his illuminist godfather, Servet.
Gjoleka symbolizes the young generation in the difficult realities
that offer small and underdeveloped countries, where the outside
world constitutes an irresistible attraction. The movie shows with a
deep realism the human relationships, such as love, jalousie,
hate, the impossibility to be integrated with another world, making
this way a cruel autopsy of the weird society to which, "sometime" we
belong.