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Shqipëria - Notes from Albania

Shqipëria - Notes from Albania

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Mad dictators, trigger-happy mobs, archaic blood feuds - this pretty much sums up what Western Europeans know about Albania. But reality in this long forgotten Balkan country is much more complex and multilayered. SHQIPERIA - NOTES FROM ALBANIA offers a flow of stories from and about Albania, displaying the country in its true diversity, unspeculatively illuminating its conflicts and discovering this blank spot on the map of Europe in all its contradictions.

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Released

Original Language

Albanian

Runtime

73 mins

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Release Date

01 January 2012

Country

Albania

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