Alive! (2009)

Original title

Gjallë

Directed by

Artan Minarolli

Genre

drama film

Country

Albania, France, Austria

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a young Albanian man who attempts to emigrate to Italy by ship in 1997. The journey ends in tragedy when the vessel sinks, killing many of the passengers.

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What happens

Alive (Albanian: Gjallë), stylized as Alive!, is a 2009 drama film directed and written by Artan Minarolli. It stars Nik Xhelilaj in the 1997 tragedy of Otranto, in which at least 84 Albanians died while attempting to emigrate to Italy by ship. It was Albania's nominee for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 82nd Academy Awards, but it was not one of the finalists. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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