Luna Park

Luna Park (2024)

Albania, 1996. Mira lives in Elbasan with her two sons while her husband works illegally in Greece. Struggling to make ends meet, she invests in a pyramid scheme, hoping for a better future. When close friends migrate, mira grows desperate and sells their apartment to reinvest, moving in with her parents. But the scheme collapses, the country falls into chaos, and mira loses everything. Her teenage son toni becomes violent, eventually arming himself during a riot. Fearing for their safety, Mira decides to flee Albania with her sons. After a dangerous journey, they arrive in Thessaloniki—lost, without Arben, but finally together. At the luna park, they find a fleeting moment of peace.

Date of release
2024-11-04
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Drama
Director
Florenc Papas

Casting

Interesting facts

Luna Park is a 2024 drama film co-written and directed by Florenc Papas. The film set in 1997 Albanian civil unrest, focuses on a mother and son's hardship. It had its premiere at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival on 4 November 2024. It was nominated for the Greek Minority Co-Production Film Award at the Hellenic Film Academy Awards.

Production

The film directed by Florenc Papas, is an Albanian-Italian-Greek-Croatian-Kosovar co-production. It is produced by On Film Production, Lupin Film, Atalante Productions, Studio Corvus and Buka Production. The project was supported by National Center of Cinematography (Albania), the Greek Film Centre, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Kosovo Cinematography Center and the SEE Cinema Network.

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