Saimir
 

Director: Francesco Munzi 
Screenplay: Francesco Munzi, Serena Brugnolo, Dino Gentili
Photography: Vladan Radovic
Music: Giuliano Taviani
Cast: Mishel Manoku, Xhevdet Feri, Lavinia Guglielman, Anna Ferruzzo
Editing: Roberto Missiroli
Production: Orisa Produzioni
International Distribution: Adriana Chiesa Enterprises, Via Barnaba Oriani 24/a, 00197 Rome-Italy, tel. +39 06 8086052,
fax +39 06 80687855, e-mail: info@adrianachiesaenterprises.com 
Year: 2004. Running Time: 88’
  
Edmond and Saimir are a father and his fifteen-year-old son who have migrated to Italy from Albania. The two are very close, even though they find it hard to communicate. From the squalid outskirts of coastal towns and nomad campsites to the meanness of the provinces, the father struggles to provide a decent future for himself and his son. However, to do this he continues to use the only means he is familiar with – trafficking in illegal immigrants from Eastern Europe. Despite his efforts, Saimir seems incapable of creating a one-to-one relationship with his Italian peers and with Michela, the girl he is in love with and who almost seems to be afraid of him. When he discovers that his father has become involved with an Albanian mobster running an underage prostitution ring, the boy reacts violently. He thus sets out on a voyage of personal redemption.
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

  

                 

 

                 


     
Francesco Munzi 
He was born in Rome in 1969. After getting a degree in Political Science at La Sapienza University, Rome, in 1998, he graduated in Directing at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Saimir is his first feature-length film.