LAMERICA
synopsis
Immediately after the fall of communism in Albania, two Italians go there to embezzle investment money by creating a fake company. As the chairman/fall guy, they pick a former political prisoner who turns out to be more than meets the eye.
original title: | Lamerica |
country: | Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria |
year: | 1994 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Gianni Amelio |
film run: | 116' |
release date: | IT 09/09/1994, FR 07/12/1994, SE 04/02/1995, HU 23/02/1995, DE 23/03/1995, NL 13/04/1995, ES 19/05/1995, DK 04/08/1995, NO 10/11/1995, PT 24/11/1995, FI 29/03/1996, CZ 20/01/2000 |
screenplay: | Gianni Amelio, Alessandro Sermoneta |
cast: | Enrico Lo Verso, Michele Placido, Carmelo Di Mazzarelli |
cinematography by: | Luca Bigazzi |
film editing: | Simona Paggi |
art director: | Giuseppe Gaudino |
costumes designer: | Liliana Sotira, Claudia Tenaglia |
music: | Franco Piersanti |
producer: | Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori |
executive producer: | Enzo Porcelli |