Ex Oriente dulcibus

[Ëmbëlsirat vijnë nga Lindja / The Sweets come from the East]

S y n o p s i s 

Two elderly Albanian spouses visit their son, who has been living in Bucharest for over two decades. A bilingual writer, he also has a high position in the academic field. His parents bring lots of sweets and jam jars from home, but also an old shoebox containing several well-kept pieces of paper the son wrote when he was still in high-school. 

The meeting between the parents and the son is characterized by a humour that can also be perceived as a well-controlled explosion of longing and tenderness towards one another, but also towards the bygone Balkan life. One could even have the impression that a life apparently deprived of elementary freedoms, pressured by a dictatorship's attempts to formalize the human being, can be incredibly artistic. 

Spli[gh]t Series [II]

 

In the city of Split – which seemed to be a dream to me, a document and a film at the same time (to quote Ingmar Bergman's famous definition of cinema) – I completed “Ex Oriente dulcibus” (Ëmbëlsirat vijnë nga Lindja / The Sweets come from the East), a feature film script in Albanian, as well as a potential storyboard.

I also made some short videos. 

All my gratitude to Traduki and the Udruga KURS Split for the support and the excellent writing / shooting / living conditions.

I am posting the second part of the Spli-gh-t series here.

The other parts and a brief diary in Albanian, Romanian and English will follow.

* Spli-gh-t – my wordplay – in admiration of this place.

First part

*** These are not the photos of a tourist

Spli[gh]t Series [I]

 

In the city of Split – which seemed to be a dream to me, a document and a film at the same time (to quote Ingmar Bergman's famous definition of cinema) – I completed “Ex Oriente dulcibus” (Ëmbëlsirat vijnë nga Lindja / The Sweets come from the East), a feature film script in Albanian, as well as a potential storyboard.

I also made some short videos. 

All my gratitude to Traduki and the Udruga KURS Split for the support and the excellent writing / shooting / living conditions.

I am posting the first part of the Spli-gh-t series here.

The other parts and a brief diary in Albanian, Romanian and English will follow.

* Spli-gh-t – my wordplay – in admiration of this place.