In Albania
A film by Loredana Bianconi
« Go and see what we left behind... » With these words in mind, a filmmaker journeys into a discovery of an almost abandoned and little known country: Albania.
Her film is an impressionist journey, a moving tale cast in footprints, vivid memories and free thinking narration that takes an overview of the past sixty years of the country. The communist dictatorship seems to be jumbled up with the neo-liberal democracy which dominates every detail of daily life, the lost beauty of the landscapes and the limitless stories of emigration. Little by little, developing over various appearances, the film unveils a tormented country whose inhabitants are living more and more outward looking lives as they struggle to retain a sense of belonging in their own homeland.
2009 / 60' / HD Cam / 16/9 / color
original version : albanais / italian
diffusion support : HDcam / Beta Num s.t.fr
Photgraphy : Rémon Fromont
Sound : Damien Turpin
Editing : Rudi Maerten
Mixing : Philippe Baudhuin
Executive producers Belgium : Sophie Bruneau et Marc-Antoine Roudil
Executive Producer associate : WIP Christine Pireaux
Executive Producer in France : Michel David
An alter ego films production in coproduction with Zeugma Films, Image Plus et Wallonie Image Production / WIP with the support of Centre du cinéma et de l'audiovisuel de la Communauté française de Belgique and the Walloon Cable distributors, Centre National de la Cinématographie and Procirep-Angoa.
First shown in Belgium : Thuesday 26rd of May 2009 - Centre Culturel Jacques Franck
Distributor and sales : alter ego films
