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Overview

User Rating:
7.6/10   1,056 votes
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Director:

Gianni Amelio

Writers:

Gianni Amelio (writer)
Andrea Porporati (writer)
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Release Date:

4 October 1995 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama more

Plot:

Two Italian racketeers come to Albania just after the fall of the communists to set up a fictive firm and pocket the grants... more | add synopsis

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Awards:

15 wins & 2 nominations more

User Comments:

a true picture of post-socialist Albania more (9 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Enrico Lo Verso ... Gino
Michele Placido ... Fiore
Piro Milkani ... Selimi
Carmelo Di Mazzarelli ... Spiro (alias Michele Talarico)
Elida Janushi ... Selimi's Cousin
Sefer Pema ... Prison Governor
Idajet Sejdia ... Dr. Kruja
Marieta Ljarja ... Factory's manager
Elina Ndreu ... Singer in night club
Ilir Ara ... Orphanage's guard
Liliana Subashi ... Hospital's doctor
Artan Marina ... Ismail
Vassjan Lammi ... Cop at cafe
Nikolin Elezi ... Man dying
Fatmir Gjyla ... Innkeeper
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Additional Details

Runtime:

116 min

Language:

Albanian | Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Durres, Albania more

Company:

Arena Films more


Fun Stuff

Quotes:

Selimi: Sorry, no water today. Today holiday. Maybe tomorrow. more

Movie Connections:

References Paisà (1946) more

Soundtrack:

Rosamunda more


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13 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
a true picture of post-socialist Albania, 3 January 2001
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Author: enea from Troy, Mi

I just finished watching this film and it brought back to me memories of my life in Albania. the film is very precise in it's description of life in our poor land after the riots and the exoduses that occurred in the early '90s. I was lucky myself not to have gone through what most people go through during this film but I can identify with some of it. even though the film focuses more on the italian businessman, the struggle for survival that most Albanians had to go and still have to is quite clear. this film should be watched by all interested in understanding why people have to abandon their homelands. this is a perfect example and should open eyes to many.

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