Bota (2014)

6.1/10 • 104 min • Drama

Overview

Bota (Albanian for “the world”) is a cafe situated on the edge of a vast area of marshland in a remote part of Albania, and it is here that the lives of the protagonists intersect in this compelling debut by Iris Elezi and Thomas Logoreci. The directors skilfully exploit the genius loci of the desolate landscape and, aided by a period score and beguiling long shots, they flawlessly evoke the atmosphere of a place where the past still encroaches upon people’s lives.

Cast

Artur Gorishti

Alban Ukaj

Flonja Kodheli

Tinka Kurti

Erand Sojli

Gulielm Radoja

Luca Lionello

Filipo

Gëzim Rudi

Amos Muji Zaharia

Tristan Halilaj

Recommendations

The Safety of Objects

Bastard Out of Carolina

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

The Trials of Cate McCall

Strange Weather

The Girl in the Book

Iron Jawed Angels

Starving in Suburbia

A Dry White Season

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

I Believe in Unicorns

Nothing Personal

All Day and a Night