Amos Muji Zaharia
Acting
Biography
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Known For
Elvis Walks Home
Mickey, an illegal Albanian who used to live in London, is a part time Elvis Presley impersonator. He gets a job entertaining British peacekeeping troops in the 1999 Balkans wars. When backstage problems ensue, Mickey (dressed as Elvis Presley) flees - straight into the war zone. He meets and is captured by a group of children refugees caught up in the merciless war.
Skanderbeg
The lives and predicaments of the people living inside an Albanian castle during the war against the Otoman Empire in fifteenth century.
Bota
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.
Love and Turbulences
A successful businessman womenizer has to find a solution when all three women that he is having an affair with happen to be in the same house at the same day.
The Rise and Fall of Comrade Zylo
Albania's top censorship institution of the 1970s - Comrade Zylo is a genius bureaucrat. He orders the talented writer Demka to draft a speech on ideological issues. Demka realizes that he has become a slave to a Machiavellian propaganda master of his superior. In this absurd world, Demka falls in love with Zylo's wife, Adila.
The Legend of the Cane
Çesku's life changes forever when, in post-war Albania, communism comes to power, killing and persecuting the people he holds dearest. However, the pursuit of a final wish may be the only thing keeping Çesku alive, offering him a window of hope in a hopeless land.
Filmography
as Jaku
as Adem Adashi
as Edi
as Drago (as Amos Zaharia)
as Jusuf
as Orjon