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LOIN DES BARBARES (Original title)FAR FROM THE BARBARY (Alternative title)FAR FROM THE BARBARIANS (Alternative title)
Date: 1993 (Release)

Countries: France, Belgium, Italy

Director: Liria Begeja

Synopsis: A French woman of Albanian origin plans to leave Paris to live with her boyfriend in New York. She has no qualms about leaving behind her elderly uncle, but still has nightmares about her parents, who were killed smuggling her out of Albania as a baby. Her plans to leave are changed when she hears that an Albanian refugee is being held by immigration, and he has information about her father who may not be dead after all.

Genre:
Drama
Releases
Date: 1993not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 95 mins

Credits (12)
Production Company: K.G. Production, Production Company: Urania Film, Production Company: Prima Vista, Producer: Michèle Ray-Gavras, Script: Liria Begeja, Adaptation: Liria Begeja, Adaptation: Olivier Douyère, Photography: Patrick Blossier, Editor: Luc Barnier, Music: Piro Cako, Sound: Eric Vaucher
Cast (6)
Dominique Blanc (ZANA), Sulejman Pitarka (Selman), Timo Flloko (Vladimir), Piro Mani (Omer), Ronald Guttmann (Vincent), François Toumarkine