Shot in Albania, Italy and Venice, this project helped to start the resurgent film industry in Albania and was selected as the Albanian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards. The dialogue was all recorded in Albanian and Italian.

The story of the lions is the story of the two Albanian filmmakers, Vani and Kaçi who are invited to attend the “Venice Film Festival”. They have been close friends since childhood until now, in their 60's. At the beginning of the trip from Bari to Venice, they meet two actresses from adult movies industry. From this moment on, the four of them continue the trip to Venice together. Two conservative Albanians and two open- minded ladies will lead us over the whole movie into a comic odyssey which is sometimes odd, full unexpected turns and emotional situations. It is very difficult for all four of them to live together with such different views of life until Vani, the most conservative of the four of them accidentally discovers that his daughter he immensely adores, is part of the pornographic film industry.