The film follows Aida, a city planner in a small Albanian town by Lake Ohrid, whose life is overturned when her teenage son is accused of rape.
Aida, a city planner from Albanian town near Lake Ohrid, enjoys a successful career and stable life.
[5][6] The submission comes eleven years after Robert Budinas first feature film Agon was submitted to the Academy Awards.
Manuel Betancourt of Variety described it as "an engrossing film that works as a modern fable about corruption, masculinity, impunity and the way towns and countries and families alike find it hard to disentangle the way those three forces complement and reinforce one another.
"[3] Olivia Popp of Cineuropa wrote that "The writers craft a compelling arc, although we rush through many turns in Aida’s tale, which partially holds back the story’s gut-punch potential, even though the overall narrative tracks her evolution with success.