LUNA PARK

ALBANIA, 1996. MIRA LIVES IN ELBASAN WITH HER TWO SONS WHILE HER HUSBAND WORKS ILLEGALLY IN GREECE. STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET, SHE INVESTS IN A PYRAMID SCHEME, HOPING FOR A BETTER FUTURE. WHEN CLOSE FRIENDS MIGRATE, MIRA GROWS DESPERATE AND SELLS THEIR APARTMENT TO REINVEST, MOVING IN WITH HER PARENTS. BUT THE SCHEME COLLAPSES, THE COUNTRY FALLS INTO CHAOS, AND MIRA LOSES EVERYTHING. HER TEENAGE SON TONI BECOMES VIOLENT, EVENTUALLY ARMING HIMSELF DURING A RIOT. FEARING FOR THEIR SAFETY, MIRA DECIDES TO FLEE ALBANIA WITH HER SONS. AFTER A DANGEROUS JOURNEY, THEY ARRIVE IN THESSALONIKI—LOST, WITHOUT ARBEN, BUT FINALLY TOGETHER. AT THE LUNA PARK, THEY FIND A FLEETING MOMENT OF PEACE.