From the director of the elegiac Moonless Night comes a powerful story about a blood feud that entangles a young student in a web of complicated relationships, stemming from an antiquated tribal code. When Koli returns home to his rural village in the mountains of Albania to attend his father's funeral, he discovers that he has unknowingly plunged himself in the midst of a generations-old war between rival clans that threatens to claim his life. Forced into hiding, Koli confronts the tragic pattern of violence resulting from the tradition that keeps generation after generation mired in perpetual conflict. Alive! Features an excellent ensemble cast and a pitch-perfect atmosphere of uncertainty until the very end.