Alive
A film by Artan Minarolli
Awards:
Academy Award™ Nominee 2009
Official Selection! Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Official Selection See Fest Los Angeles
Winner! Shooting Star! European Film Promotion Network
Winner! Best Film Med-Film Festival Rome
Winner! Best Film Trenton Film Festival New Jersey
Quotes:
“Like Its Star, A Handsome Picture” —Variety
Synopsis:
From the director of the elegiac “Moonless Night” comes a powerful story about a blood feud that entangles a young student in a web of complicated relationships, stemming from an antiquated tribal code. When Koli returns home to his rural village in the mountains of Albania to attend his father’s funeral, he discovers that he has unknowingly plunged himself in the midst of a generations-old war between rival clans that threatens to claim his life. Forced into hiding, Koli confronts the tragic pattern of violence resulting from the tradition that keeps generation after generation mired in perpetual conflict. “Alive!” features an excellent ensemble cast and a pitch-perfect atmosphere of uncertainty until the very end.
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