Small Homeland (2013)

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Country: Italy
Genres: Drama
Release: 2014-04-10
Director: Alessandro Rossetto
Writers: Caterina Serra , Alessandro Rossetto , Maurizio Braucci
Language: Italian | Albanian
Stars: Maria Roveran , Roberta Da Soller , Vladimir Doda , Giulio Brogi , Diego Ribon , Lucia Mascino , Mirko Artuso , Nicoletta Maragno , Mateo Çili , Drival Hajdaraj
Runtime: 111 min
Awards: 2 wins & 6 nominations
AKA: Small Homeland (United Kingdom) , Piccola patria (Italy) , Piccola patria , Small Homeland , Mała ojczyzna (Poland) , Small Homeland (United States of America)
Plot: Two young girls, a hot, stifling summer, the desire to run away from a small provincial town. Luisa is full of life, uninhibited, unconventional. Renata is dark, angry and in need of love. The lives of two young women is a tale of blackmail, of a love betrayed, of violence: Luisa uses her Albanian boyfriend, Bilal; Renata uses Luisa's body to orchestrate her revenge. Both want to leave the small community where they have grown up among village festivals and independence gatherings, helpless families and new generations of migrants targeted by those who feel increasingly threatened. Luisa, Renata and Bilal will risk loosing themselves, loosing a precious part of themselves, of those they love, ultimately loosing their own lives.
IMDB:tt2622542