A boldly chilling portrait of post-Communist Europe in moral eclipse, directed with passion and singular grace by Italian Gianni Amelio (STOLEN CHILDREN). A pair of cynical Italian capitalists, Gino and Fiore (Enrico Lo Verso and Michele Placido) need
an Albanian --
any Albanian -- to serve as front man for a business scheme. They find him in Spiro, an addled old man who has spent 50 years in a Communist prison. When Spiro disappears, Gino sets out in pursuit, discovering a chaotic, near-hallucinatory Albania and a dubious dream of spiritual
renewal in "Lamerica." Beautifully structured despite an episodic plot, brilliantly acted (especially by Lo Verso, one...
Released:
1994
Rated:
NR
Length:
120 mins