Peak Production

A junkie, a gambler and an accordion player get involved with a mafia while on their way to return a bought Albanian girl back to her father.

Named symbolically after an ornamental flowering tree, Magnolia follows a middle-aged literature professor over the course of a late summer afternoon. Torn between the past and a present in which she has not yet found a place for herself, she has been leading a stagnant life overburdened with everyday work. A single phone-call proves enough to interrupt her vegetative state - opening up a world of memories that disconcert and haunt her.

The water is a metaphorical view of life in the drought of the people living in Pustec by Prespa Lake.