For five days, filmmaker Mark Cousins journeys to Albania, documenting his observations. He uncovers the deterioration of film prints in the country’s archive, prompting deeper questions about Albania’s history and collective memory. Considering a 20th-century dominated by the authoritarian Enver Hoxha, should the nation allow its film heritage to fade? Inspired by Chris Marker's work, Cousins expands his exploration to encompass the architecture of dictators and the iconic paintings of Onufri. Albania, long isolated and unknown, becomes the subject of a road movie meditation, echoing Goethe’s sentiment: to understand a culture, one must experience its land.
