Lamerica

Lamerica
Directed byGianni Amelio
Written byGianni Amelio,
Andrea Porporati,
Alessandro Sermoneta
Produced byMario Cecchi Gori
StarringEnrico Lo Verso
Michele Placido
Piro Milkani
Carmelo Di Mazzarelli
Elida Janushi
Sefer Pema
Idajet Sejdia
Marieta Ljarja
Edited bySimona Paggi
Music byFranco Piersanti
Distributed byNew Yorker Films
Release date
  • 9 September 1994 (1994-09-09)
Running time
116 minutes
CountriesItaly
France
Switzerland
Austria
LanguagesItalian
Albanian
English

Lamerica is a 1994 Italian drama film directed by Gianni Amelio. It entered the competition at the 51st Venice International Film Festival, in which Amelio won the Golden Osella for Best Director.[1] The film was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]

  1. ^ Edoardo Pittalis, Roberto Pugliese, Bella di Notte, August 1996.
  2. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences