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Kosovo: Desperate Search

Apr 23, 2006

1h 32m

★ 10.0

Overview

The film "Kosova: Desperate Search" recounts the repercussions and effects of the Kosovar war on the Albanian population. Ethnic cleansings and other atrocities mentally and physically destroyed the people. The entwined destinies of individual persons and families from various geographic regions and social classes are the basis of a closely interconnected storyline. Families are not only looking for their missing children, but also for new hope and perspectives.

Genres

War

Drama

Production Companies

Lara Entertainment

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Cast

Zana

Rajmonda Bulku

Soldier

Blerim Destani

Old Albanian

Faruk Begolli

Old Serb

Meto Jovanovski

Gjergj

Bislim Muçaj

Countrywoman

Sheqerie Buqaj

Nun

Tinka Kurti

Basri Lushtaku

Fleta

Ermela Teli

Sokol is a middle-aged Kosovar Albanian who, together with his family, emigrates from Kosovo to Turkey, and faces the foreign and unknown world. After some time he becomes homesick, eventually leaving his last will he gave to his son that when he dies, his bones will be returned to his native country. He dies near of a cliff at the Black Sea coast. In his native village, the news that Sokol has been returned from emigration are being spread.

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