A bureaucrat so powerful his underling seduces his wife just to feel alive.
Albania's top censorship institution of the 1970s - Comrade Zylo is a genius bureaucrat. He orders the talented writer Demka to draft a speech on ideological issues. Demka realizes that he has become a slave to a Machiavellian propaganda master of his superior. In this absurd world, Demka falls in love with Zylo's wife, Adila.
Acting
Seitaj's Zylo: terrifying charm, never raises his voice.
Direction
Koçi squeezes horror from fluorescent office lighting.
Writing
Dialogue so polite it feels like a throat being slowly squeezed.
Director
Fatmir Koçi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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