Ilirda Bejleri

In the Albanian port city of Durrës, Arion, a former inmate, is released from prison to fight in illegal bare-knuckle bouts at the notorious venue «The Circle» on behalf of Ilir, who is heavily in debt. Club owner Hans is initially skeptical of Arion. However, as Arion attracts more and more attention, Hans recognizes his commercial potential as well. What begins as a way out of poverty turns into a risky game when Ilir becomes involved in an illegal betting ring.

Tirana, 1997. In the chaos that followed the fall of the dictatorship, a boy hounded by the other children hides inside one of the concrete bunkers the regime left scattered across the country. He never comes out again. Tirana, 2022. Adrian returns from ten years in London with his girlfriend Nua and their friends Davide and Giulia. They are carrying twenty-five thousand euros in cash and a plan: buy a disused bunker and turn it into the most fashionable club in the city. But Adrian has already spent that money paying off a debt none of the others knows about. And below ground, for twenty-five years, someone has been waiting in the dark, armed with blades.

Ilir, a survivor of a massacre, enters illegal Mafia-organized fights streamed online. A mysterious lethal force armed with deadly blades, targets fighters outside the arena. Who is behind it, what is the motive behind this deadly pursuit?

Leon, from Frankfurt, returns to his native Albania after 20 years to scatter his deceased grandfather's ashes in the sea and is forced to confront his past and the family he never wanted to see again.