My lake

Directed by

Gjergj Xhuvani

Cinematography by

Dimo Popov

Edited by

Juan Gambino

Music composed by

Rosario Di Bella

Costume design by

Stela Laknori

Set design by

Luan Shkodra

Make up by

Tatjana Tomšić

Produced by

Dritan Huqi, Pasquale Mingolla, Zvonimir Munivrana, Darko Popov, Liridon Cahani

Cast

Ariton Pollozhani

Tristan Halilaj

Vedran Živolić

Elia Zaharia

Birce Hasko

Juli Emiri

Year

2020

Short synopsis

Kristo, a teenage boy lives with his grandparents at the edge of the Prespa lake. Their humble life depends on the sustenance sent from his emigrant parents. Prespa lake is located at the border of Albania, Greece and Macedonia making it ideal for drug smuggling. And Kristo is a perfect smuggler, an innocent boy with a great knowledge of the lake, with no parents to check on him, stuck in a poor environment.
During the night fishing, Kristo smuggles drug for Ismail, a cunning newcomer, but what he is really vying for is sympathy of Pasko, a local drug dealer on the run. Kristo becomes his eyes and ears. After Pasko’s murder, Ismail takes over the business and starts smuggling cocaine. Kristo is certain that Ismail arranged Pasko’s murder and plans a revenge.
In a tense ending, a cabin that sheltered drugs burns, prompting Ismail’s death, while Kristo emerges as a masterming pulling string more like a grown man, rather than a teenage boy.