The Concert

Synopsis

It's The 1970s And Cracks Are Starting To Appear In The Alliance Between China And Its Communist Cohort Albania. When An Albanian Steps On The Foot Of A Chinese Diplomat The Tension Cranks Up – Couriers Between Tirana And Beijing Carry Annotated X-rays Of The Foot Back And Forth. The Chinese Intend To Punish Their Interfering Little Ally Discreetly. But Is The Sino-albanian Axis About To Come Adrift? This Is Kadare’s Surreal Black Comedy About The Inner Sanctums Of Political Power And The Mysterious Causal Chains That Transform Ordinary Lives.