Avdullah Gjikokaj

An old man with Alzheimer's goes out of his house, on a cold winter day, he fails to make his way back home.

In the early '90s, the Yugoslavian Government cancelled the autonomy of Kosovo, dissolved its Parliament and closed down the National Television. All institutional life was reorganized by the new authorities, while the majority of the citizens responded with peaceful demonstrations. During this terrible time, Fadili, who works as an archivist, has to choose between two options, knowing that both of them are wrong. He therefore involuntarily and unwillingly "swallows" the shame, endures the pressure bearing down from all sides and puts up with the bad reputation for only one reason: to provide for his family.

Lulja (17), after realizing she is pregnant by her deceased husband, is forced by her family to marry her ex-husband's brother against her will. Seated between two men accompanying her, one her father and the other her brother. As the car continues its journey and Lulja sees that neither of them is intervening to stop her from being taken to her ex-husband's brother, Lulja decides to escape. Her courage grows when her father decides to take away the chestnuts, the only thing that made her feel free.