Edition |
Widescreen format (16:9). |
Description |
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, region 1, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. |
Cast |
Enrico Lo Verso, Michele Placido, Piro Milkani, Carmelo Di Mazzarelli, Elida Janushi, Sefer Pema, Idajet Sejdia, Marieta Ljarja. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Luca Bigazzi ; editor, Simona Paggi ; music, Franco Piersanti ; costume designers, Liliana Sotira, Claudia Tenaglia ; production designer, Giuseppe M. Gaudino. |
Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1995. |
|
Special features: deleted scenes (9 min.), alternate ending (5 min.); photo album; poster gallery; Italian theatrical trailers (2 min.). |
Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
Summary |
Two men arrive in Albania from Italy with plans to exploit Albania's newly-begun conversion to capitalism. To provide themselves more cover, they name an Albanian, a former prisoner of war, as their company's acting "chairman". When the "chairman" disappears, the plan begins to involve unexpected elements of compassion. |
Language |
In Italian, with optional English subtitles. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Albania -- Drama.
|
|
Capitalists and financiers -- Albania -- Drama.
|
Genre/Form |
Feature films.
|
|
Motion pictures, Italian.
|
|
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
|
Added Author |
Cecchi Gori, Mario.
|
|
Cecchi Gori, Vittorio.
|
|
Amelio, Gianni.
|
|
Porporati, Andrea.
|
|
Sermoneta, Alessandro.
|
|
Lo Verso, Enrico.
|
|
Placido, Michele.
|
|
Milkani, Piro.
|
|
Di Mazzarelli, Carmelo.
|
|
Janushi, Elida.
|
|
Pema, Sefer.
|
|
Sejdia, Idajet.
|
|
Ljarja, Marieta.
|
|
Cecchi Gori Group (Firm)
|
|
Tiger Cinematográfica.
|
|
Arena Films (Firm)
|
|
Radiotelevisione italiana.
|
|
Vega Films.
|
|
Studio Canal+.
|
|
Centre national de la cinématographie (France)
|
|
Council of Europe.
|
|
New Yorker Video (Firm)
|
Added Title |
"Gianni Amelio's Lamerica" --- Container |
ISBN |
1567303404 |
|
9781567303407 |
Standard No. |
717119198442 |
Music No. |
DVD19804 New Yorker Video |
|