Father and Godfather
2007 · 102 MIN · IMDB 8.2 · 125 VOTES · DIR. Dhimitër Anagnosti
Overview
The events take place in a small Albanian village, around the '30ies. This isolated land, dominated by rituals and patriarchal relationships is the spirit that welcomes the newborn child of Abas. Servet, a co-villager, emigrant in the United States of America comes back in his homeland bringing a new vision and a new mentality, which serves as an inspiration for the 10 years old boy, Gjoleka, the son of Abas. Gjoleka founds himself in between of the ideas of his wild father, Abas and his illuminist godfather, Servet. Gjoleka symbolizes the young generation in the difficult realities that offer small and underdeveloped countries, where the outside world constitutes an irresistible attraction. The movie shows with a deep realism the human relationships, such as love, jalousie, hate, the impossibility to be integrated with another world, making this way a cruel autopsy of the weird society to which, "sometime" we belong.
Dialogue Timeline — 872 lines
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00:00:14 a film by
00:04:30 Hey, what's going on?
00:08:20 Abas, long life to your son.
00:10:41 Have you noticed that the village isn't how it once was.
00:13:16 Every village pretends that she came from their village.
00:17:13 He's a boxer. A puncher.
00:20:11 Good. That's what your wasted father did when you were born.
00:23:42 Don't make that awry face.
00:27:03 Listen to the godfather and learn from him, for he has money and knows a lot.
00:30:59 - So, you're my godfather. - I am.
00:37:06 You'll grass them at Zizo's valley.
00:40:10 Barun, don't move. I'll be back soon.
00:44:16 3 sheep had escaped and entered inside. It's nothing.
00:48:44 So he's calling his father. Where's Abas?
00:52:13 Bugger off.
00:58:24 Wait, let me see first.
01:05:13 You read the books, then go around the world.
01:09:46 Come.
01:12:40 - Just a birthday present. - We don't have these customs.
01:15:18 - They'll eat my ass. - Leave this braveries.
01:18:36 the night before I leave.
01:28:43 Then we had a pillow fight.
01:35:32 Gjolek!
01:40:15 English subtitles by kinofil