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Directed by | Bujar Alimani |
Written by | Bujar Alimani |
Starring | Frefjon Ruci |
Cinematography | Ilias Adamis |
Edited by | Bonita Papastathi |
Music by | Pjeter Gaci |
Production companies | 90 Production Gegnia Film Elsani Film Fantasia |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | Albania |
Language | Albanian |
Chromium (Albanian : Krom) is a 2015 Albanian drama film directed by Bujar Alimani. Frefjon Ruci stars as a child who is illegally employed at a chromium mine. Produced by companies from Albania, Germany, Greece, and Kosovo, the film was Albania's nominee for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not one of the finalists.
15 year old Adi lives at the edge of town with his younger brother and deaf-mute mother. He becomes illegally employed at a chromium mine. The only person that Adi trusts is a young math teacher, who empathizes with Adi due to both of them being rebellious.
Companies from Albania, Germany, Greece, and Kosovo produced Chromium. [1] Bujar Alimani wrote and directed the film [2] and stated that the main characters were inspiared by two brothers he knew as a child. [3] Bonita Papastathi edited the film, Pjeter Gaci composed the music, [2] and the cinematography was done by Ilias Adamis. [4] Financial support was provided by the National Film Center of Serbia, Kosovo Film Centre, [1] and National Center of Cinematography. [5]
Chromium premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on 8 July 2015. [2] [3] Albania selected the film as its nominee for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not one of the finalists. [6] Another one of Alimani's films, Amnesty , was Albania's submission in 2011. [7]
Clarence Tsui, writing for The Hollywood Reporter , praised Kuci's performance and how "delicate and restrained" the script was in regards to exposition and character relationships. [4]