Two Lions to Venice

Dec 1, 2020

1h 35m

★ 7.0

Overview

The two Albanian filmmakers Vani and Kaçi are invited to attend the Venice International Film Festival. They have been close friends since childhood until now on their 60's. At the beginning of the trip from Bari to Venice, they meet two actresses who working in the adult movies industry. From this moment on, the four of them continue the trip to Venice together wich brings a lot of turmoil for the unequal travel company of two conservative Albanians and two open-minded ladies with such different views of life.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

EJF Production

Blue Hills Pictures

Petros Antoniadis Films

Gemini Production Services

Bajo Films

Albanian National Center of Cinematography (QKK)

Two Lions to Venice Trailers

Cast

Vani

Vasjan Lami

Kaçi

Kastriot Çaushi

Irina

Alissa Huza

Lola

Natalia De Maria

Ginevra

Alessandra Bonarota

Dario Di Diana

Luli Hoxha

Mariana Kondi

Erjon Hodo

Albana Sanxholli

Alesia Xhemalaj

Luan Aliu

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