The scent of wild hyacinths

Fatima lives in a social context where “freedom” is only an unpronounceable word, being the daughter of the Albanian people, hostage of a dictator. The enterprising girl tries to overcome the many obstacles due also to be a woman and to find a way to live a dignified life as a teacher. During a labor camp she discovers that Qamail is the boy who refused to marry her and to submit to the tradition of arranged marriages. Her life was greatly shaken by the emigration of her three sons to Italy. When her husband dies, she also moves away, but her dream is to return to her roots.