The Beauty of the Donkey
- In theatres18.03.2026
- Production year2025
- CountrySwitzerland
- Length75'
- Language
- ProductionAstrae Production
- DirectorDea Gjinovci
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Story
Filmmaker Dea Gjinovci and her father, who has been living in exile in Geneva for sixty years, return to his home village of Makermal in Kosovo. The village was destroyed during the war, and the only thing that remains are the stories of the villagers who are still alive. It is a community of resilience, and so is their story. Together with these people, the filmmaker and her father embark on a search for traces of the past and revive her father’s memories of his childhood in Kosovo in the 1950s. They uncover shocking things, but many questions remain unanswered, such as the mysterious disappearance of the grandmother. With her docu-fiction, Dea Gjinovci shows how important it is to come to terms with history.