[3] Elsa (Luli Bitri) is a woman with two children, recently unemployed, and living in post-communist Pogradec, Albania in grim circumstances.

Her husband is in prison in Tirana for gambling and debt issues.

Elsa becomes friends with Maya (Mirela Naska), whose recent husband is also in prison, and Maya helps Elsa to get a job at a hospital kitchen and a place to live in Tirana.

Elsa's increasing independence and relationship with Shpetim creates problems with Remzi.

Then a prisoner amnesty where the imprisoned spouses are released early threatens the bond between Elsa and Shpetim.