In 1990, a European delegation comes to Tirana to monitor the reforms of the communist regime. A government official is sent on a mission to a faraway prison in order to bring an important dissident back to the capital.
While a mute and lonely mother lives a life that is far from easy, she nevertheless bares her lot with dignity and courage. Her 15-year-old son is trying to stand on his own two feet, but in so doing he only complicates the grim situation in the family.
Amnesty is a 2011 Albanian movie directed by Bujar Alimani. It’s a story about two people who meet up in jail when they come for monthly visits of their spouses. They fall in love after becoming witnesses to a wedding in jail but their relationship has to end because both their spouses get amnesty from the government. What happens next is shown in usual Southeast European movie style.
Con la esperanza de hallar una vida mejor, dos jóvenes parejas deciden emigrar a Europa occidental. Los albaneses Melinda y Nik van a Italia para poder vivir libremente su relación prohibida. Los serbios Vera y Marko cruzan Hungría rumbo a Austria. Marko, un violonchelista de notable talento, ha conseguido que lo acepten en la Orquesta Filarmónica de Viena. Pero al llegar a la frontera, y pese a tener los visados en regla, empiezan a tener problemas. (FILMAFFINITY)
