Drama · Yugoslavia · 1984 · 1h 47m

The Man of Earth

Njeriu prej dheut

Director

Cast

Abdurrahman Shala as Sokol Avdush Hasani as Mema Ramadan Malaj as Burri Bislim Muçaj as Bardhi Hazir Myftari as Teuta Rrahmani as Hana

Crew

Menduh Nushi — Director of Photography Agron Vula — Editor Agim Sopi — Writer Azem Shkreli — Producer

Synopsis

Sokol is a middle-aged Kosovar Albanian who, together with his family, emigrates from Kosovo to Turkey, and faces the foreign and unknown world. After some time he becomes homesick, eventually leaving his last will he gave to his son that when he dies, his bones will be returned to his native country. He dies near of a cliff at the Black Sea coast. In his native village, the news that Sokol has been returned from emigration are being spread.

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