Prisoners of Kanun

 

Prisioneros del Kanun

Spain

30', 2014

DIRECTED BY

Roser Corella

SCRIPTWRITER

Roser Corella

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Roser Corella

EDITED BY

Pascale Fakhry

PRODUCED BY

Grafo Documental

 

Even after the fall of communism in Albania, the centuries-old traditional institution of blood feud, typical of tribal communities, still persists. This practice, which is rooted in customary law, is particularly present in the lives of numerous families in northern Albania, and even now, their members do not leave their protected retreats in fear that they will be killed according to the principle that "blood is washed off only by blood".