| Description |
1 videodisc (26 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in |
| Summary |
An Albanian film student discovers a twenty-year-old newsreel among his belongings, showing his mother giving a speech before a congress of the Albanian Communist Party. She is later interviewed as leader of the Communist Youth Alliance, but throughout the entire film the sound has been lost. After several attempts at recovering the deteriorating filmstrip, he takes it to a school for the deaf, and with the help of lip readers, his mother's words are deciphered. When the film is shown to her, with her words restored and subtitled on the screen, she is able to confront her youthful ideals and disappointments. It gives her (and the viewer) a dramatic opportunity to reflect on Albania's history and current chaos |
| Credits |
Image and sound, Spartak Papadhimitri, Anri Sala ; editing, Tina Baz, Nadia Dalal ; music, Rromano Dives, Ilija Pejovski |
| Performer |
Valdet Sala |
| Notes |
DVD. region unspecified |
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Intended for adult audiences |
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Albanian dialogue, with English subtitles |
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2000 Williamsburg Film Festival (New York): Best Documentary ; 1998 Belfort Film Festival (France): Best Documentary ; 1998 Amascultura Film Festival (Portugal): Best Short Film ; 1999 Estavar Festival (France): Grand Prize |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Sala, Valdet -- Interviews
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Communism -- Albania.
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Mothers and sons.
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Reminiscing in old age.
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| SUBJECT |
Albania -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85003194
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Short films.
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Video recordings.
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| Author |
Sala, Anri, 1974-
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Idéale Audience International.
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Icarus Films.
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