Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Gianni Amelio Director
- Enrico Lo Verso as Gino
- Michele Placido as Fiore
- Piro Milkani as Selimi
- Carmelo Di Mazzarelli as Spiro
- Elida Janushi as Selimi's Cousin
- Sefer Pema as Labor Camp Warden
- Idajet Sejdia as Dr. Kruja
- Marjeta Ljarja as Factory Manager
- Elida Ndreu as Nightclub Singer
- Ilir Ara as Orphanage Guardian
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