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Lamerica
Sign in to saveLamerica is a 1994 Italian drama film directed by Gianni Amelio. It entered the competition at the 51st Venice International Film Festival, in which Amelio won the Golden Osella for Best Director. The film was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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7.2Fiore, 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.
Cast
- Enrico Lo Verso as Gino
- Michele Placido as Fiore
- Piro Milkani as Selimi
- Carmelo Di Mazzarelli as Spiro
- Elida Janushi as Selimi's Cousin
- Sefer Pema as Labor Camp Warden
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
2,419 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
- Year
- 1994
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Awards
- 21 wins & 18 nominations total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Lamerica
- Film.image
- Lamerica poster.jpg
- Film.director
- Gianni Amelio
- Film.writer
- Gianni Amelio,Andrea Porporati,Alessandro Sermoneta
- Film.starring
- Enrico Lo VersoMichele PlacidoPiro MilkaniCarmelo Di MazzarelliElida JanushiSefer PemaIdajet SejdiaMarieta Ljarja
- Film.editing
- Simona Paggi
- Film.producer
- Mario Cecchi Gori
- Film.distributor
- New Yorker Films
- Film.music
- Franco Piersanti
- Film.runtime
- 116 minutes
- Film.country
- ItalyFranceSwitzerlandAustria
- Film.language
- ItalianAlbanianEnglish
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Reception
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- See also
- References
- External links
Lamerica is a 1994 Italian drama film directed by Gianni Amelio. It entered the competition at the 51st Venice International Film Festival, in which Amelio won the Golden Osella for Best Director. The film was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
==Plot== After the fall of communism in Albania, Italian scam artists Gino and Fiore make their way to Albania in order to open a shell corporation and pocket state contributions. After discovering that the Albanian figurehead for the corporation is a relative of their go-between, they replace her with Spiro Tozai, an old man taken from a hospice. It is later discovered that Tozai is in reality Michele Talarico, a former Italian colonist who has been in hiding since the Second World War. In his senile state, he is convinced that he is still a 20-year-old recruit and longs to see his son, whom he still thinks is a child.
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