The Wall

The Wall

Short movie by Dren Zherka and Zogi

2009 · 39 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama

An adaptation of the J.P. Sartre story "Le Mur". What goes on in his mind and what happens outside when he has left only few more hours left to live. The existential dilemmas of a prisoner condemned to death from a repressive regime for his participation in a resistance movement and his friendship with the leader of this resistance. When all seems lost and he has already given up the most unlikely coincidence changes the course of events and his life.

Directed by Dren Zherka · Written by Dren Zherka

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