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The Interview

2008 · 21 min

A tense, quietly desperate slice of life under occupation, where a simple phone call becomes an act of quiet defiance.

Directed by
Burim Haliti
Genres
Drama
Starring
Xhelal Haliti, Valina Muçolli, Ismail Rama
Overview
Year 1995 During the Serbian occupation of Kosovo, in the absence of telephone lines for the Albanian population, a local mayor (chairman of the five Albanian villages) of one part of Kosovo, must give an interview to an English newspaper, but to do this he should move up to a telephone pole, and connect a camera phone just to realize the interview.

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Directed by
Burim Haliti
Genres
Drama
Starring
Xhelal Haliti, Valina Muçolli, Ismail Rama
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • isolation
  • politics
  • war
  • freedom
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Burim Haliti
Written by
Burim Haliti
Starring
Xhelal Haliti, Valina Muçolli, Ismail Rama, Bashkim Ramadani, Selatin Ademi, Arben Bajgora, Arton Krivaqa, Hateme Krasniqi
Runtime
21 min
Country
Kosovo
Languages
Albanian, English

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