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Bookmark this pageLoin des Barbares (1993)
Director: Liria Bégéja
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From Time Out Film Guide
An impressive thriller-style investigation into the realities of exile for Paris's Albanian community. Zana (Blanc), a painter, spirited out of Albania as a baby, receives a call from a compatriot refugee at the airport saying he has news of the father she assumed was dead. She helps the man escape and embarks on an eye-opening tour through a little-seen side of Paris - the refugee camps, hotels and places of political asylum. Shot in a dark, frenetic style, the movie doesn't pull its punches, and nor does it offer any simplistic insights. Fine performances.Author: WH
Cast & crew
Director: Liria Bégéja
Producer: Michèle Ray-Gavras
Cast: Dominique Blanc, Timo Flloko, Sulejman Pitarka, Piro Mani, Ronald Guttman full cast
Duration: 95 mins
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