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Waterdrop

original title:

Waterdrop

directed by:

Robert Budina

cast:

Gresa Pallaska, Arben Bajraktaraj, Adem Karaga, Gerard Kolaneci, Paolo Iancu

screenplay:

Ajola Daja, Robert Budina, Doruntina Basha

cinematography:

Marius Panduru

set design:

Leander Ljarja

costume design:

Emir Turkeshi Gramo

music:

Marius Leftarache

producer:

Sabina Kodra, Carmen Rizac, Daniele Segre (II), Daniele De Cicco, Luan Kryeziu

production:

Erafilm Production, Avanpost/Digital Cube, Redibis Film, Iliria Film, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the support of Albanian National Center of Cinematography, Kosovo Cinematography Center, Creative Europe MEDIA, SEE Cinema Network

country:

Albania/Romania/Italy/Kosovo

year:

2024

format:

colour

status:

In post-production (08/04/2023)

The story follows Aida, the director of urban planning at the town hall in a small Albanian town, who is running a successful corruption scheme together with her husband and the mayor, and who is suddenly confronted with the infernal machine of a corrupt system when her son of 16 is arrested for raping a classmate.

DIRECTOR'S NOTES:
Waterdrop is a film about family, hypocrisy, moral corruption, truth and justice. In February 2019 a teenage girl was raped by her peers in a small city in Albania. All the institutions and the media kept silent. The city concealed the event to avoid its reputation being tarnished. I didn’t want to make a film about rape, but to explore the causes of this heinous crime.