''Amnesty'' ( sq, Amnistia) is a 2011 Albanian

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written and directed by

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. The film was selected as the Albanian entry for the

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at the

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, but it did not make the final shortlist.

Plot

Elsa (

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) is a woman with two children, recently unemployed, and living in post-communist

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in grim circumstances. She is helped by her father-in-law Remzi (

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). Her husband is in prison in

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for gambling and debt issues. The prison institutes a conjugal visit program, and during her visits she meets and falls in love with another conjugal visit participant Shpetim ( Karafil Shena), whose wife is in prison for forging immigration certificates. Elsa becomes friends with Maya (

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), whose recent husband is also in prison, and Maya helps Elsa to get a job at a hospital kitchen and a place to live in Tirana. Elsa's increasing independence and relationship with Shpetim creates problems with Remzi. Then a prisoner amnesty where the imprisoned spouses are released early threatens the bond between Elsa and Shpetim.

Cast

as Elsa * Karafil Shena as Shpetim *

as Remzi *

as Maya

References

External links

* 2011 films Albanian drama films Albanian-language films 2011 drama films {{Albania-film-stub

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