Lamerica
– Fiore, an Italian conman, arrives in post Communist Albania with Gino, his young apprentice, to set ..
Fiore, an Italian conman, arrives in post Communist Albania with Gino, his young apprentice, to set up a shoe factory that will never open. The con requires a native Albanian, so they designate Spiro, an impoverished and confused former political prisoner as chairman of the board. When Fiore returns to Italy to get government funds for the project, Spiro unexpectedly disappears and Gino sets out on a journey to find him. The search leads him to discover Spiro's tragic personal history and witness Albanian poverty firsthand.
04 Oct 1995
Albanian, Italian
Gianni Amelio
Gianni Amelio, Andrea Porporati, Alessandro Sermoneta
Enrico Lo Verso, Michele Placido, Piro Milkani, Carmelo Di Mazzarelli
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...
21 wins & 17 nominations.
Arena Films