Cinema
Agimet e stinës së madhe
Albert Minga · 1981
Synopsis
In the aftermath of the war, Albania embarks on the building of socialism and on major reforms. Former bourgeois, beys and dispossessed merchants form armed bands that spread terror, taking advantage of the difficulties of the moment. They also exploit the weakness of a former fighter: Latif Boro, a former partisan commander, finds himself placed at their service without having wished it, facing the party secretary and the delegate sent from the capital.
Context
The director, a stage director for public television, made it into a five-episode fresco, from a screenplay by Vath Koreshi. Gjergj Melo plays the party secretary, Vangjush Furxhi the role of Latif Boro, Kastriot Çaushi that of Gori and Fane Bita that of Sulo Abazi, with Paskualina Gruda, Agim Qirjaqi as a delegate, Stavri Shkurti, Albert Vërria and Sulejman Pitarka. The story shows without euphemism the establishment of communist power and the elimination of its opponents, in a reading that remains close to the propaganda of the time.
Who it is for
Five episodes in Albanian, made for television; one needs to know what the land reform was, and the armed bands that followed the war.
Prizes and reception
Regarded by Albanian critics as an epic fresco of the post-war period, whose political and social significance they stress.