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Home Sweet Home

2016 · 90 min

A quiet, heavy domestic drama where a man's silent presence turns a household's fragile lies into a slow, uneasy pressure.

Directed by
Faton Bajraktari
Genres
Drama
Starring
Donat Qosja, Arta Muçaj, Shkumbin Istrefi
Overview
Agron disappeared for years during the war, missing in action and presumed dead. When he suddenly re- turns home one night, his family are shocked: How will they tell the others about his return? Many projects have been undertaken in the village in the name of Agron’s ‘heroic death’. If he shows up alive it will create many problems for the beneficiaries of the project: his family is receiving financial help as the family of a martyr and has raised loans on the basis of this income. Now Agron has two choices: either to show up in public or to wait for the projects to end. A month passes and Agron is at home while a statue is being erected in the local schoolyard. He has made his decision...

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Directed by
Faton Bajraktari
Genres
Drama
Starring
Donat Qosja, Arta Muçaj, Shkumbin Istrefi
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • war
  • identity
  • deception
  • guilt
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
Zymber Kelmendi
Starring
Donat Qosja, Arta Muçaj, Shkumbin Istrefi, Lea Qosja, Susan Mustafov, Albin Bajraktari
Music
Darko Spasovski
Cinematography
Latif Hasolli
Runtime
90 min
Country
Kosovo, Macedonia
Languages
Albanian

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