66th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
31 OCTOBER → 9 NOVEMBER 2025
Survey Expanded: Reflections of Topos
A CUP OF COFFEE AND NEW SHOES ON
NJE FILXHAN KAFE DHE KEPUCE TE REJA VESHUR
Gentian Koçi
Albania, Portugal, Greece, Kosovo 2022 99 DCP Color
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Film description
Two inseparable identical unhearing twin brothers in their thirties, after they discover that due to a genetic disease, they will progressively, but irreversibly go blind, struggle emotionally to give to their intolerable existential conditions a different twist. Slowly immersing into an unbearable silenced darkness, not being able to see the world and each other anymore, only with a high-spirited young woman by their side, the two siblings have to make a strong decision around a cup of coffee with new shoes on. The daily repetitive movements of the characters, minimal, intense and bodily dialogues in tactile sign language condense strong cinematic emotions, while cold colors baths help to unfold the poetic and reflective gloominess of the story. This unique and existential story is a meticulous, sensible, penetrating and challenging drama on brotherhood, love and communication, which transforms into a cinematic allegory on the very limits of cinema itself. No image! No sound! No speech!
64th TIFF: Greek Premiere
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