Lamerica

  • 125'
  • Italy
  • 1994
Amelio's latest film is an impressive drama in the best tradition of Italian Neo-Realism. It focuses on the young Italian businessman Gino. He is in Albania to arrange a dubious transaction for his boss Fiore. Officially they are planning to invest in modernising an Albanian company, but this is no more than a cover to obtain grants. To achieve their plans, they need an Albanian who can operate as puppet and they find a man in a half-functioning concentration camp. His lengthy stay in the camp has turned Spiro Tozaj into a wreck and he has lost all contact with reality. The businessmen's ruse fails. Gino ends up with Siro roaming a totally shattered and chaotic Albania. She get swallowed up in the stream of desperate immigrants trying to reach the promised land of Italy.
  • 125'
  • Italy
  • 1994
Director
Gianni Amelio
Country of production
Italy
Year
1994
Festival Edition
IFFR 1995
Length
125'
Medium
35mm
Language
Italian
Producers
Cecchi Gori Group, Arena Films Paris, Mario Cecci Gori
Sales
Cecchi Gori Group
Screenplay
Andrea Porporati, Gianni Amelio
Production Design
Giuseppe M. Gaudino
Cast
Michele Placido, Piro Milkani
Local Distributor
Cinemien
Director
Gianni Amelio
Country of production
Italy
Year
1994
Festival Edition
IFFR 1995
Length
125'
Medium
35mm
Language
Italian
Producers
Cecchi Gori Group, Arena Films Paris, Mario Cecci Gori
Sales
Cecchi Gori Group
Screenplay
Andrea Porporati, Gianni Amelio
Production Design
Giuseppe M. Gaudino
Cast
Michele Placido, Piro Milkani
Local Distributor
Cinemien