Fusing documentary and fiction, the film depicts the lives of children trying to survive the aftermath of war in Kosovo by selling cigarettes on the street. Through monologues performed by the children against the eerie backdrops of Pristina, the film tells their gripping and sad story of memory, loss and fear.
Vera is a middle-aged sign language interpreter, whose life is disrupted by her husband's suicide who has to face the raw reality of going against the deep-seated gender issues of our times.
Sarabande started as a personal documentary about the classical music virtuoso Petrit Çeku who back in 2014 was about to record the Bach Cello Suites in Spain. During the process of making the film it altered course and became a road movie, examining borders and the potential illegality of traversing these...
