Far from the Barbarians

Far from the Barbarians — Plot

Zena lost her parents as a very young girl, and though she was born in Albania, only knows about life in Paris. She was raised by her uncle Selman, whom she is about to leave behind in order to start a new life in New York. Just before she leave, however, she hears of an Albanian who is being detained by French authorities for want of the proper paperwork. Ordinarily, that would not capture her attention. However, Vladimir, who is the man in question, claims to have information that Zena's father is not dead, and could be located. Zena postpones her trip to speak with Vladimir and, once he is free to travel, they begin to try and explore his information. There is only one problem in their traveling around France together: he doesn't speak a word of French, and she doesn't speak a word of Albanian. Somehow, they manage to communicate, and they eventually become lovers.

• Release date
• April 13, 1994
• Runtime
• 93 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Liria Bégéja

Far from the Barbarians — Cast

Dominique Blanc Zana Timo Flloko Vladimir Sulejman Pitarka Selman Ronald Guttman Vincent Piro Mani Luan Kodra

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Fatos Zajmi Dino

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Françoise Bertin Elena Jeanne Marine Alice