Overview
In post-communist Albania, two Italian con artists establish a fictitious shoe factory to embezzle government funds. When their elderly Albanian figurehead disappears, the younger accomplice sets out to find him, embarking on a journey that confronts him with the country's poverty and troubled past.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the European Film Award for Best Film (1994)
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Nominations
2 award nominations, including the International Submission to the Academy Awards (1995)
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Setting
Set in Albania
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Music
Music by Franco Piersanti
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Luca Bigazzi
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Gianni AmelioScreenplay, Story
- Andrea PorporatiScreenplay, Story
- Alessandro SermonetaScreenplay, Story
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 9, 1994
- Original language
- Italian
- Countries
- France, Italy
Production
Cast
Enrico Lo VersoGino
Michele PlacidoFiore
Piro MilkaniSelimi
Carmelo Di MazzarelliSpiro
Elida JanushiSelimi's Cousin- Sefer PemaLabor Camp Warden
- Idajet SejdiaDr. Kruja
Marjeta LjarjaFactory Manager- Elida NdreuNightclub Singer
- Ilir AraOrphanage Guardian
- Liliana SubashiHospital Doctor
- Artan MarinaIsmail
Vasjan LamiRoadblock Cop- Nikolin EleziDying Boy
- Fatmir GjylaHotel Manager
- Elona HotiDancing Kid
- Besim KurtiPrison Officer
- Esmeralda AraGirl teaching Italian
Luan Amelio UjkajKid
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