The Autumn of Roses

A woman who is raped and gives birth to a child in war torn Kosovo, struggles to keep her child.

This fantasy film is one of the early productions of Kosovar cinema that seeks to express the inner and poetic dimensions of love and nature.

Sokol is a middle-aged Kosovar Albanian who, together with his family, emigrates from Kosovo to Turkey, and faces the foreign and unknown world. After some time he becomes homesick, eventually leaving his last will he gave to his son that when he dies, his bones will be returned to his native country. He dies near of a cliff at the Black Sea coast. In his native village, the news that Sokol has been returned from emigration are being spread.

Based on a true story, Agnus Dei is a kind of Oedipus of our days. Peter must find his way to redemption. But the past will make itself known and fate sparingly gives mercy. Can he save himself, or even be saved at all?

Edona, a high school student, is raped unprovoked by her language teacher. The professor named Cen used to be Edona's father's friend. She initially tries to hide the "shameful event" but she doesn't succeed. Edona tells her father Dini, who returns and meets the rapist, his former friend, Professor Cen.