SAIMIR
synopsis
Saimir is an Albanian teenager who’s emigrated with his father to Italy. Attempting to make a new life for them both, his father transports illegal immigrants. Yet, when this fails to afford them a living, he is drawn into a more insidious prostitution ring. Saimir is forced to help his father, but a new love causes Saimir to re-evaluate his life and question the outcome of his future.
| international title: | Saimir |
| original title: | Saimir (I girasoli) |
| country: | Italy |
| sales agent: | Adriana Chiesa Enterprises (ACEK) |
| year: | 2004 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Francesco Munzi |
| film run: | 88' |
| release date: | IT 29/04/2005, FR 10/01/2007 |
| screenplay: | Francesco Munzi, Serena Brugnolo, Dino Gentili |
| cast: | Anna Ferruzzo, Michell Manoku, Gentvent Feri |
| cinematography by: | Vladan Radovic |
| film editing: | Roberto Missiroli |
| art director: | Valentina Scalia |
| costumes designer: | Loredana Buscemi |
| music: | Giuliano Taviani |
| producer: | Gianluca Arcopinto, Daniele Mazzocca, Cristiano Bortone |
| production: | Orisa Produzioni |
| backing: | Direzione generale Cinema e audiovisivo del Ministero della Cultura DGCA - MIC |
| distributor: | Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Les Films du Paradoxe (FR) |
