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The clean and essential depiction of Communist Albania is the strongest point of this movie. This movie might not appeal to most people since it has a relatively slow pace and not a perplexing plot like the movies that tend to break the box office. But here, Xhuvani, one of the best Albanian directors (if not the best), has done a detailed and objective portrayal of one of the less ugly and ruthless faces of this recent dark half a century of the Albanian history.

It was very intriguing that the movies's own atmosphere was identical to the feeling that arose in me each time I heard stories about those times from my parents and grandparents, and tried to put myself in their shoes. The suspense and psychological pressure can be felt, even though this movie is labeled primarily as a Comedy. The same pressure pushes the two main characters to find safety and a home in one another, while trying to hide this from everyone else.

I'd recommend this movie to everyone, both Albanian and foreign, who is interested in learning a lot about Communist Albania in less than two hours.