Amnesty (2011 film)

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Amnesty
Amnesty2011Poster.jpg
French film poster
Directed by Bujar Alimani
Written byBujar Alimani
Produced byTefta Bejko
Starring Luli Bitri
CinematographyElias Adamis
Release date
  • February 2011 (2011-02)(Berlin)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryAlbania
LanguageAlbanian

Amnesty (Albanian : Amnistia) is a 2011 Albanian drama film written and directed by Bujar Alimani. The film was selected as the Albanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, [1] [2] but it did not make the final shortlist. [3]

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Plot

Elsa (Luli Bitri) is a woman with two children, recently unemployed, and living in post-communist Pogradec, Albania in grim circumstances. She is helped by her father-in-law Remzi (Todi Llupi). Her husband is in prison in Tirana for gambling and debt issues. The prison institutes a conjugal visit program, and during her visits she meets and falls in love with another conjugal visit participant Shpetim (Karafil Shena), whose wife is in prison for forging immigration certificates. Elsa becomes friends with Maya (Mirela Naska), whose recent husband is also in prison, and Maya helps Elsa to get a job at a hospital kitchen and a place to live in Tirana. Elsa's increasing independence and relationship with Shpetim creates problems with Remzi. Then a prisoner amnesty where the imprisoned spouses are released early threatens the bond between Elsa and Shpetim.

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References

  1. "Oscar, Amnistia ne vend te Faljes se gjakut". Gazetastart. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  2. "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  3. "9 Foreign Language Films Vie for Oscar" . Retrieved 19 January 2012.