| Amnesty | |
|---|---|
 French film poster | |
| Directed by | Bujar Alimani |
| Written by | Bujar Alimani |
| Produced by | Tefta Bejko |
| Starring | Luli Bitri |
| Cinematography | Elias Adamis |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Albania |
| Language | Albanian |
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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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