Lamerica (1994)





Immediately after the fall of communism in Albania, two Italians go there to embezzle investment money by creating a fake company. As the chairman/fall guy, they pick a former political prisoner who turns out to be more than meets the eye.


Books with substantial mentioning of Lamerica


Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Beth A. Fhaner, Editor, Devra M. Sladics, Christopher P. Scanlon, and Terry Schell, Contributing Editors
Magill's Cinema Annual 1997, 16th Edition. A Survey of the Films of 1996
Detroit; New York; Toronto; London, 1998

Articles on Lamerica


Veronica Pravadelli, Identity, Masculinity, and Postcolonial Scenarios in Gianni Amelio's Lamerica (1994), in: Daniel Biltereyst and Roel Vande Winkel (eds.), Silencing Cinema, New York, 2013


Lamerica
Italy / France / Switzerland 1994

Directed by

Cast
Michele Placido

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Year: 1994
Country: Italy
France
Switzerland
Language: Albanian
Italian
 
IMDb: 0110299