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Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the Berlin Film Festival, the powerful and richly textured second feature from Joshua Marston (Maria Full of Grace) focuses on an Albanian family caught up in a blood feud. Nik (Tristan Halilaj) is a carefree teenager in a small town with a crush on the school beauty and ambitions to start his own internet café. His world is suddenly up-ended when his father and uncle become entangled in a land dispute that leaves a fellow villager murdered. According to a centuries-old code of law, this entitles the dead man's family to take the life of a male from Nik's family as retribution. His uncle in jail and his father in hiding, Nik is the prime target and confined to the home while his younger sister Rudina (Sindi Laçej) is forced to leave school and take over their father's business. Working with non-professional Albanian actors and a local co-writer, Marston boldly contrasts antiquated traditions with the lives of the young people whose future is put at risk by them.
Original Release
02/18/2011
US Release
02/24/2012
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Tristan Halilaj | Nik |
Refet Abazi | Mark |
Zana Hasaj | Bardha |
Erjon Mani | Tom |
Luan Jaha | Zef |
Cun Lajci | Ded |
Veton Osmani | Sokol |
Zefir 'Bep' Bushati | Valmir |
Selman Lokaj | Kreshnik |
Kol Zefi | Shpend |
Directors
Writers
Joshua Marston, Andamion Murataj
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tristan Halilaj | Nik |
Refet Abazi | Mark |
Zana Hasaj | Bardha |
Erjon Mani | Tom |
Luan Jaha | Zef |
Cun Lajci | Ded |
Veton Osmani | Sokol |
Zefir 'Bep' Bushati | Valmir |
Selman Lokaj | Kreshnik |
Kol Zefi | Shpend |
Sindi Lacej | Rudina |
Ilire Vinca Celaj | Drita |
Esmeralda Gjonlulaj | Bora |
Elsajed Tallalli | Dren |
Ibrahim Ymeri | School Director |
Servete Haxhija | Mara |
Arlind Lleshi | Loran |
Alfred Lisi | Fatmir |
Edmond Pepkolaj | Police Captain |
Geg Zefi | Afrim |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Eric Abraham | Executive Producer |
Tyler Brodie | Executive Producer |
Janine Gold | Executive Producer |
Hunter Gray | Executive Producer |
Domenico Procacci | Executive Producer |
Gwen Bialic | Producer |
Andrew Goldman | Producer |
Paul Mezey | Producer |
Andamion Murataj | Producer |