Në kërkim të Venerës

There is no room for privacy in Venera's cramped home: here young and old compete for space. Outside, on the street and in the café, it's not much better: the village is small and there is always a brother, nephew or neighbour keeping a watchful eye on her. The demands are unequivocal: she is to preserve the good reputation of the family. That, however, complicates Venera's desire for freedom, that is until she meets Dorina, who secretly has a boyfriend and bravely defies the region's old established laws in various ways, at which point the tide seems to turn and things start to heat up. A struggle against long-held traditions and a strictly hierarchical environment begins, and soon enough Venera has to decide how far she is willing to go. In this, Norika Sefa's perceptive feature film debut, the filmmaker focuses on her characters' faces and bodies, impressively arranging these elements into a whole amongst the ruins of the war, remnants of tradition and the hum of traffic emitting from a nearby highway.