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LAMERICA

by Gianni Amelio

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

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