Two Italian racketeers come to Albania just after the fall of the communists to set up a fictive firm and pocket the grants. They need a stooge. They choose an old one in a jail : Spiro. ...
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| Enrico Lo Verso | ... | Gino | |
| Michele Placido | ... | Fiore | |
| Piro Milkani | ... | Selimi | |
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Carmelo Di Mazzarelli | ... | Spiro (alias Michele Talarico) |
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Elida Janushi | ... | Selimi's Cousin |
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Sefer Pema | ... | Prison Governor |
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Idajet Sejdia | ... | Dr. Kruja |
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Marieta Ljarja | ... | Factory's manager |
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Elina Ndreu | ... | Singer in night club |
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Ilir Ara | ... | Orphanage's guard |
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Liliana Subashi | ... | Hospital's doctor |
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Artan Marina | ... | Ismail |
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Vassjan Lammi | ... | Cop at cafe |
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Nikolin Elezi | ... | Man dying |
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Fatmir Gjyla | ... | Innkeeper |
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Two Italian racketeers come to Albania just after the fall of the communists to set up a fictive firm and pocket the grants. They need a stooge. They choose an old one in a jail : Spiro. But the youngest italian, Gino, once alone with Spiro, encounter a few problems. Far from his roots, loosing his identity in deep Albania, he begins to change... Written by Yepok
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4 October 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$438,483Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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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.