

Status
Released
Release
1994
Runtime
1h 52m
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.
19 Cast Members

Enrico Lo Verso
Gino

Michele Placido
Fiore

Piro Milkani
Selimi

Carmelo Di Mazzarelli
Spiro

Elida Janushi
Selimi's Cousin
Sefer Pema
Labor Camp Warden
Idajet Sejdia
Dr. Kruja

Marjeta Ljarja
Factory Manager
Elida Ndreu
Nightclub Singer
Ilir Ara
Orphanage Guardian
Liliana Subashi
Hospital Doctor
Artan Marina
Ismail

Vasjan Lami
Roadblock Cop
Nikolin Elezi
Dying Boy
Fatmir Gjyla
Hotel Manager
Elona Hoti
Dancing Kid
Besim Kurti
Prison Officer
Esmeralda Ara
Girl teaching Italian

Luan Amelio Ujkaj
Kid