The Delegation

Through an unusual blend of road movie and political allegory, Bujar Alimani’s sharply suggestive film captures the uncertain final days of communist Albania, turning History itself into an experience of waiting, disappointment and quiet resistance.

Synopsis

In Albania in 1990, shortly before the collapse of the communist regime, a European delegation arrives in Tirana to assess the country’s progress on human rights. In this fragile political climate, the authorities decide to present a former political prisoner as living proof of their supposed reform.