Life is not easy for Elsa: her husband is in prison for gambling debts, she has just lost her job at the factory, she has two young sons to look after, and a elderly little father-in-law who lives with them, trying to act as patriarch. In order to bring Albania’s policies in line with the EU’s, a new law is introduced allowing monthly conjugal visits. Elsa dutifully starts making regular minibus trips to the capital, Tirana. While the sex is perfunctory, the friends she meets at the prison offer her hope. There is the fellow visitor who asks her to be a witness for her wedding at the prison: when Elsa misses the bus home, the bride instantly takes her in for the night. The other witness at the wedding, Shpetim, also pays conjugal visits to his wife at the prison. He and Elsa talk a little each month,...
- 2/11/2011
- by Alison Frank
- The Moving Arts Journal
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