Darkling

Milica lives a plagued existence on a small farm with her mother and grandfather. Their modest plot of land is surrounded by trailing barbed wire fences and the house itself is barricaded at night with windows boarded and furniture piled against the door. The power regularly goes out, their telephone often runs out of battery, and the presence of a local Italian peacekeeping force seems to do little to prevent their harassment. They endure because they hold out the hope that Milica’s father and uncle – who both disappeared nearly a year ago when they went out to work the field – will return and the family are determined not to abandon their home until they do.