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Red Poppies on Walls (1976)

Red Poppies on Walls poster
Original title
Lulëkuqet mbi mure
Directed by
Dhimitër Anagnosti
Genre
drama film
Country
Albania
Runtime
1h 41m
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a group of orphans in post-war Albania. It shows their daily struggles and small joys as they try to find a place in a changing society.

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What happens

Red Poppies on Walls (Albanian: Lulekuqët mbi Mure) is a 1977 Albanian drama film directed by Dhimitër Anagnosti and co-written by Anagnosti and Petraq Qafëzezi. The film is an adaptation of Qafëzezi's book The Orphans. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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