Amnesty (2011 film)
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Directed by | |
Written by | |
Produced by | Tefta Bejko |
Starring | Luli Bitri |
Cinematography | Elias Adamis |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | Albania |
Language | Albanian |
Amnesty (Albanian: Amnistia) is a 2011 Albanian drama film written and directed by . The film was selected as the Albanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards,[1][2] but it did not make the final shortlist.[3]
Plot[]
Elsa (Luli Bitri) is a woman with two children, recently unemployed, and living in post-communist Pogradec, Albania in grim circumstances. She is helped by her father-in-law Remzi (). Her husband is in prison in Tirana for gambling and debt issues. The prison institutes a conjugal visit program, and during her visits she meets and falls in love with another conjugal visit participant Shpetim (), whose wife is in prison for forging immigration certificates. Elsa becomes friends with Maya (), whose recent husband is also in prison, and Maya helps Elsa to get a job at a hospital kitchen and a place to live in Tirana. Elsa's increasing independence and relationship with Shpetim creates problems with Remzi. Then a prisoner amnesty where the imprisoned spouses are released early threatens the bond between Elsa and Shpetim.
Cast[]
- Luli Bitri as Elsa
- as Shpetim
- as Remzi
- as Maya
See also[]
- List of submissions to the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Albanian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References[]
- ^ "Oscar, Amnistia ne vend te Faljes se gjakut". Gazetastart. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- ^ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
- ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Vie for Oscar". Retrieved 19 January 2012.
External links[]
- 2011 films
- Albanian-language films
- Albanian films
- Albanian drama films
- 2011 drama films
- European film stubs
- Mass media in Albania stubs