Lamerica

1994 ""

Lamerica

7.4 | 1h52m | en | Drama

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.

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7.4 | 1h52m | en | Drama | More Info

Released: September. 09,1994 | Released Producted By: Canal+ , Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica Country: Italy Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Enrico Lo Verso , Michele Placido , Piro Milkani

Director

Giuseppe M. Gaudino

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Canal+ , Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica

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Trailers & Images

Cast

Enrico Lo Verso

as Gino

Veneciafrenia Io sono... Italia Magari resto Human Voice Day of the Siege Room in Rome The Final Inquiry Che Guevara Hannibal

Michele Placido

as Fiore

Run to You Un marziano di nome Ennio All Star - Ritorno al cinema Notes from a Women Salesman Isolation I Hate Summer Caliber 9 7 Minutes Loving Only You

Piro Milkani

as Selimi

The Invocation of Enver Simaku Lamerica

Reviews

gavin6942 Gino (played by Enrico Lo Verso) and Fiore (Michele Placido) are Italian racketeers who come to Albania just after the fall of communism to set up a fictive firm and pocket the grants.According to Luca Caminati, the two plot threads "challenge Italy's colonial past and in so doing force the redefinition of the notion of identity. Who is Italian? And what does it mean to be Italian?" This is an interesting concept, but unfortunately not one (as an American) I could reflect on with any real understanding.But the line between Albania and Italy is an interesting one for me in another respect -- the history of Sicily. Many of the towns on the island were populated by Albanians who have since assimilated, inter-married and speak Italian. What does it mean for them to be Italian? Or Albanian?

runamokprods In many ways a more sophisticated, complex, political re-telling of Amelio's great 'Stolen Children'. In this case two Italians go to just post communist Albania to try and make a killing setting up an exploitative factory, taking advantage of the desperately poor local workers. They hire a half- crazed old man to be the necessary local figurehead. (The local is amazingly played by a non- actor.)Then, of course, everything in their plan goes wrong.Tremendously moving, with only brief whiffs of manipulation or easy emotion. A portrait of colonialism and capitalism crashing into communist bureaucracy, and leaving behind shattered souls.

enea 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.

edwafor I thought this was an incredible film with a story that was in many ways simple, yet complex in dealing with redemption. An Italian swindler goes to Albania to make a few quick lire, only to get swallowed up by the depth of the Albanian situation.