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Lamerica

1994 · 1 h 56 min
Directed by Gianni Amelio · Italy · Italian Neorealism and After
ComedyDrama

Cast

Enrico Lo Verso Carmelo Di Mazzarelli Michele Placido

Credits

Written by: Gianni Amelio

Plot

In 1991, just after the fall of the Albanian communist regime, two Italian conmen, Fiore and Gino, come to Albania to set up a fake shoe factory in order to steal EU subsidies. They need a local figurehead and choose an old man, Spiro, who turns out to be an Italian soldier who had been left behind in the war. Gianni Amelio's 1994 film is a moving study of lost identities and migration.

Sinekatalog’s take

Gianni Amelio's drama follows two Italian conmen in post-communist Albania who use an old man as a front for a scam. Enrico Lo Verso is superb in a sharp, compassionate film about exploitation and the reversal of migration.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (2,536 votes)
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