List of Albanian film directors

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-What’s up Gjergji? -Nothing. - Did you finish work for today? -Yes. What’s going on? Today I was at the hospital. I saw that girl I’ve told you about. I went by, but I didn’t have courage. How do you explain that? That needs maturity. This weeks she’s at the blood donation center. I don’t mind donating blood, but... I need some moral support. Come with me to the hospital. -When, today? -Now, pretend I’m sick. -Sherif, I’m sorry... -Did you change your mind? Perhaps it’s better if I go on my own. I’ll give it a try... You could wait for me here. -I’ll take a bus, it’s no big deal, but... ...since I’m here, can't I see what she’s like... -You’ll get to see her. -Good luck. How come you’re here? I’m a lab technician during the day. What about at night? At night, I’m on call. So, you work double shifts. Usually yes. My mother is very sick, she’s been hospitalized here. She’s been admitted here? What is she suffering from? It’s serious. Where? Oncology, your father’s ward. Can I be of any help? You’ve slimmed down. Since earlier today? Since last time I was here. You have to stay still for ten minutes. Branko... Branko! Have you been missing me?! I came to save the nation with 'clean, youthful blood'. There was a good looking girl here today... You’ve refined your methods at the hospital. She’s one of my students. I know. How are things at the pharmacy? It's quiet, as usual. Have you looked for a new apartment yet? There are plenty. I don’t understand how you can do nothing all day! Look at your swollen face. When did you wake up? Are the papers ready for the month-end closing? No, you know that I can’t do it by myself. OK. I’ll be there as soon as I have a moment. Let me show you something. Hamlet... Hamlet... Hamlet... What’s this about? A patient left it. I put it here because it is against the rules. Do you want it? What for? Take it to the pharmacy. I’m not a five year old. Fine, take it home, to wake you up! I have things to do. Stop wasting your time. -Hello. -Hello. Apologies if I’m late. No, I was here early. -How are you doing? -Fine. Your father is an extraordinary man. Yesterday we spoke on the phone. He gave me your number because, he thought I should talk to you. I know you’ve been abroad, but where did you study? In America. Where Kim Gordon and Lou Reed come from. Who else is from America? Malcolm X. Duffy Duck. Mickey Mouse. You’ve studied pharmacology? Pharmacology. When did you return? About a year and a half ago. Your mother was my professor. She was a great person... We were all very sorry when it happened... ...so suddenly. Thank you. As I said on the phone, we are working on an article... ...about the medicinal drug crisis in hospitals. If you have anything to add... Feel free... ...we won’t mention your name. I’ve gathered data which I’ve prepared for publishing... ...but it needs to be verified, since its sources are numerous... ...if you think something is unclear, please let me know. No problem. Then, I’ll start... Because of the scarcity of medicinal drugs in hospitals... ...hospital patients have resorted to pharmacies... ...where they buy drugs with their own expenses. It is estimated that each year there are around 350,000 cronically ill people... ...who are hospitalized or in constant treatment, in our country. Many powerful pharmaceutical firms have found suitable terrain... ...for increasing their profits, by bribing hospital or primary care physicians... ...who advertise medications marketed by powerful corporations. These medications are on the list of refundables, but they are very expensive. This pressure is concealed, because the patients... ...are led by their doctors to buy expensive medications... ...marketed by powerful pharmaceutical firms. Some pharmacists convince patients to take a given medication... ...defying the doctor who administers it with specific instructions... ...thus creating conflicts between the patient and that doctor. According to pharmacists, the scarcity of drugs hasn’t led to excessive pricing. Yet, exploitation is certainly not nonexistent... In the majority of these pharmacies, medications are offered... ...at market prices, even when they are refundable. Despite the fact that all citizens are legally... ...entitled to refunds for their medications... ...in many cases, pharmacies offer them at full price. Citizens are thus forced to pay, despite being insured. The patients who are cared for in hospitals... ...especially in the big cities... ...fall victim to the drug market, in terms of pricing. This has become apparent as hospitals are experiencing... ...a notable lack of medicinal drugs. Profiting from this situation, the physicians... ...recommend to the patients even the pharmacies... ...where they can buy the drugs... ...convincing them... ...that these are the only places, where they can buy such drugs. According to citizens, who are obliged to go to these pharmacies... The pharmacies belong to the doctors who are examining... ...or providing other services for them. Are you aware that a large number of pharmacies... ...are owned by physicians... ...and because of the lack of medications in hospitals... ...these white coats... ...oblige their patients to buy medications in their own pharmacies? When you were a baby, we'd take you on strolls. We had a half broken stroller. Once, you fell from your stroller... ...you had a bump right here on your head. You’ve told this story a hundred times. It's obvious that you have been irresponsible parents. We’ll see what happens when you become a parent. What is she doing here? Who, Sara? The driver will take her to the hospital. Her mother has been admitted to my department. Are you adopting those street kids? You’ve become like a movie star. What are those deliquents doing here? They will get used to staying around all day. Be a little more responsible! How about yourself, are you adopting your medical students? Why weren’t you at work now? Good night. -Hello, how are you? -Fine. Is Sara here? Sara is off today. I’m not here to rob the pharmacy. Everything is allowed here... Theft is an obligation. Except for Gjergji’s bicycle. So, it’s Gjergji’s? I thought it was yours. Since I got it I’ve never heard it sing. Does it even sing? I think so. Are you sure? No. Do you think it's male or female? I've never heard it sing either. Fine, let's wait until it sings. Then what? Then we can set it free right there at the botanical garden... Won't they build tenements over there? I don't know. I think they'll build a new ring-road. Have you seen that Hitchcock film? No. The Birds. Good evening! Hi Sara, how are you doing? -How are you doing? -I’m dying, exhausted. You can’t wait, you wanna get out of here... I just want to get out a bit earlier... You can go if you want, I can replace you... It's fine, I'll just stay for another hour. What’s up? Nothing special. Long time no see. We haven't seen you for a while. I'm working all day long. People walking in and out all day. I’m going to go buy a pack of cigarettes. Came as a couple today. What's supposed to happen now? Whatever you wish. You've got tonifying, relaxing massages and facial masks. -Where is Sara? -She's over there. That is the mudd that allegedly slims you down? It’s from the Dead Sea. Do you want to try it? It depends on how long I’d need to keep it on. Fifteen, twenty minutes. You can stay even longer if you want. Do you want to try it? Fine. Take the mudd pot, please. Have you thought of me? How many treatments has your mother had this far? She just finished the second round. Now she needs the third. It’s very costly. You know, the targeted therapy. So now it’s the last one left? Yes, but it’s not certain whether it will be effective. It's been found? It’s difficult, but it's been promised. Even if she gets it, it's not certain that it will work. Sokrat has talked to me about you... Do you know what’s being said about you and my father? What's being said? Sokrat is a good doctor... ...he’ll do his best. I know. What kind of relationship do you and Sokrat have? A good one. I know that... It is my impression that you are quite close. What has Sokrat told you, in what sense? What has he told you? What do you think? I’m cold. Fine, take a hot shower. Since you want to know, I’ll ask just one thing... Please, let’s not have this conversation again. I don't know how our relationship will evolve. Your father has been very good to me. He’s helped me with school. He has said that he’ll help me this year as well. Even though I have to work, since I haven't got anybody else. He’s helped my mother. He’s found, very expensive treatments. He got the first two cures, which were very expensive. He’s been there for me. He’s been kind about everything. You’re special, he tells me, this place is not for you. Now we have a normal relationship. On the other hand, he has hit on me, yes, it’s true. I won’t say how... He’s come on to me and I’ve ignored it... ...thinking that every man in his place would do the same. I’ve thought that he is lonely. Perhaps, to justify him. There have been moments when he has provoked me. Sometimes, he has even threatened me. I’ve tried not to take it too seriously. What has he offered you help for? I have told him that I'm self-sufficient. That I do not need anyone’s help. What has he told you? This is the truth. This story continues? Which story? Does it continue? There are moments when it ends, there are moments when it begins again. So, you came close to me, to protect yourself from him? I'm not trash. The times that I’d skip class, in primary school, I’d come here. I was sure that nobody would find me. Not even Sokrat. I can’t stand looking at animals in cages. Sherif! What's new? Nothing. I’m going for a coffee. How about a roundabout? No, I'm moving on... Let’s take a hike, the three of us. Let's show Sara our carefully selected, pro-filmic, immediate surroundings. My mansion's over there. Where? Over there. Branko! Branko! Branko! -Yeah, what? -I’m here to get the bicycle. What? My bicycle is at the pharmacy. Alright. -Who is it? -Gjergji, he wants the bike. Come on, grab the keys! I shouldn't be late for work. Are you the son of Dr. Sokrat? Your father told me that, he couldn’t wait for you. -Was he accompanied? -No, he was alone. -Did he eat by himself here? -No, today he didn’t sit down at all. Your lunch has been paid for. Will you sit down? We have different kinds of seafood. Lobster, bass, bream, mussels. We have venison, lamb, pork... ...whatever you want. Traditional cuisine, Italian, French, Turkish. -What’s your house wine? -Australian Shiraz. -Thank you. -Goodbye. Something is bothering you. No, there's nothing. Sorry for asking. You know, Sherif... Sara’s mother is hospitalized in my father’s ward. According to her... My father has asked her to sleep with him. It's like a requirement. I know my father enough to know that... If he could save a person’s life, he would... From what Sokrat has told me... Sara’s mother will not survive. She believes it’s in Sokrat’s hand! It's probably wishful thinking... However, regardless the circumstances... It does not exclude that Sokrat has... ...harassed her. I do not know what to believe. Perhaps, that’s not exactly true. Maybe she has misunderstood him. Who knows what the situation really is. That's hot air. Things are not to be taken personally, however they turn out to be. It takes time to know who people really are... Trust takes a life time to gain. You want things to happen immediately as you wish them to be. You're wrong... You gotta have belief... ...to know what the truth really is. I don't know. Truthfulness and sincerity are the only remedies. The truth and nothing but the truth, right... Or am I just out of my mind? How would I know? I come from the middle of nowhere, I am aware of that... ...perhaps I don’t know much about these things, but... ...when you meet real love... ...everything becomes clear. Have you ever really loved Sherif? I do not understand people at all. Gjergji, will you come with us? -Where’s your dad? -He left with mom. When will he return? I don't know. Which way are we going? Gjergji, come change in the girls’ room. No. -Come and take a shower! -No. Hey guys... Gjergji come here, I won’t look at your wiener. Gjergji, don't drink the water, it's chlorinated! Good. It's ice cold... ...cold as hell! Let's go to the sauna. This one's cold. You knew that he was coming and you brought us here? Please take me home. I don't need this situation. Why, what's the problem? Did you put all the invoices and the documents in the bag? Yes, they are all in the book. -Did you make an inventory? -No. So there are no tables and slates either... Have you ever watered those poor lemons? Sure, I water the lemons every day. Fine, don't bother watering them. Go turn on the water. What is going on here? What are these prescripitons? Don’t you know that nobody accepts them? The partial or the totally reimbursable ones? The total ones! How can you be so out of it? It blows my mind! Is that so? Listen, I have wanted to say this for a while... Do not bring expired medications in the pharmacy any more. What? Expired medications? I have brought expired medications? Have you no shame? If not expired, they are very close to their expiration date. Don’t bring me such medicines again. What are you talking about? Are you out of your mind? I believe you are capable of auditing the dates... Check the dates! -This is nonsense. - No, it’s not nonsense at all! Is that so? Because you are spending all day, thinking about the zoo... The lion, the fox, the wolf... Learn to work! You get it? To work? Do you call that work? I just stand there as a dork! Fine, why don't you quit? If you can’t do it, just quit. I could have picked any career... You brought me here to use me as a cover up for your dirty business. Signing your documents... You take me for a fool! Hey... Anonymous squirt! You narcoman! You degenerate! You scum of the earth! How do you dare talk to me like that. I have been working for this for 40 years. I’ve invested an entire life, and you dare raise such issues... Idiot! How dare you moralize me, your face. Instead of focusing on your work... ...that we have left you after a thousand sacrifices... That pharmacy, which everyone else would dream about to have... Instead of getting up and banging your head on the wall! Working, creating, competing with your peers... You treat our pharmacy as though it were a night club! With dirty windows, plastic curtains... ...stinking of tabbacco, where any hoodlum from the street can enter! How dare you moralize me, your face. I’ve been working my whole life, and I've been where you can’t even imagine. I’ve been to every village and I’ve plunged in dirt. Everybody respects me! You didn’t want to stay in the U.S., you came here... ...because you didn’t have the balls! You couldn’t make it without your daddy! You spoiled brat! Your friends are finishing Yale and Oxford! I'd piss on your worthless schooling... I'd piss on your photography, your philosophy... You put venom in your parents’ lives! Go make me a coffee, hurry! Fuck off! I need your signature here. You need to sign all of them. Do you remember that riddle? In a boat for two... A wolf, a sheep and a cabbage need to cross the river... Let's eat the fish. I've heard that you’ve been seen often at the hospital... Are you fine healthwise? I’m not going there because I’m ill. You do look well, but I got worried... When I was donating blood, I met Sara. -Sara. -How is her mother doing? She is in treatment. Is there any hope for her? I don't know. Well... Who is helping her, the state? The state... We also helped. Then, why have I been asked to interfere? You to interfere to me? I don’t know. Yes, to interfere to you. Look, you shouldn’t get mixed up in these things. What does that mean? It means that you shouldn’t get mixed up with my patients. That is my business. You should take care of your own issues. What issues? You know your issues better than me. Do you mean Sara? What would I know. Did she tell you? I don’t know anything. I don't believe that there are any worthwhile women there. They are ordinary and simplistic. Don't you think? There may be some decent ones. Whatever, it is your business. You didn’t tell me what you think about Sara? About who? Sara... Why are you putting on a show? You know her well. You are helping her mother. She’s my student, I will help her mother. I discharged her mother from the hospital. -You discharged her? -Yes. When? This morning, There's no reason for her to be hospitalized. So you think she’s hopeless? Her mother’s condition is grave... I’m talking about her daughter. She’s not really that worth being talked about... Does this topic tire you? Very much so. Why? How come, that you keep asking like a kid! If you have something going on with her, that’s fine. I don’t deal with your little stories. Why are you so insecure? -Insecure about what? -Because you keep asking questions... I don't know anything about her. I try not to interfere with my student's personal affairs. That doesn’t suit men! Are you sure that you are that spotless? Be that as it may... ...be clear about one thing... This story should remain only an adventure. Listen to your old man: Only an adventure! Tomorrow, go to Saranda. Do something worthwhile, for a change. Good morning. I’m getting the prescriptions that were here. I’m going to do the month-end closing later. So, you didn’t go to Saranda. I’m not your servant. So, you didn't go. No. Shall we take a look at those apartments you’ve seen? One of them is right here, on the sixth floor. It's owner left the country, its for sale. It’s sort of an attic. The another one is a bit further. Fine... In spite of everything, tomorrow you should go to Saranda. We’ll make a decision, when you return. Have a nice day. Is Sara here? Her mother has been discharged from the hospital... She has taken a few days off. How is she? She's alright. Did she finish the treatment? I think so, but I'm not exactly sure. -Thanks. -You're welcome. Hello. I am a friend of Branko’s. You are Branko’s friend? Please, sit down. Thank you. What is your name? Sherif. I don’t know where to start, so... ...I am going to ask you directly. Are you aware of Branko’s relationship with Sara? I know that they stay together... I know that she is a nurse here. I know that you know that. Excuse me? I am aware of your relationship... ...with a girl here. I am aware of your relationship. I don’t know the extent to which your son is aware of it. That is why I’ve come here. My duty is to treat people, Sherif. That is my job. I’ve worked in this hospital for forty years. This hospital is everything that I have. This is all that I have. Everything that I have attained is... ...what you see, right here. I have worked very hard to attain it. For forty years, have I lived, in this hospital. I don’t know what I’ve been like as a father... ...but, everything that I have, I have it because I deserve it. Anyone can come to my hospital... ...in my room... ...to make appeals about whatever they want... ...yet, this hospital is mine. With all the suffering that it contains... ...with all the despair... ...the hopes... ...the pain and anguish... It is mine. I know the value of life better than anyone... I’m of a certain age and I can not leave this. I can not escape from this world, which has kept my life hostage. Here... ...I do as I wish. This is my home. Do you understand? With all the people I’ve seen to live, or die... Do you know what the greatest horror is? It is not death. It is... Loneliness. I’ve saved many people and many lives... ...but no one can save you from the terror of loneliness... ...mr. Policeman. Loneliness... ...an invisible monster which is with you in every moment.... ...as a curse. It humiliates, it depraves, it pollutes... ...it takes you outside of yourself... ...it turns you upside down... ...it makes you stick your nose in what doesn’t concern you. Loneliness... ...a revenant... ...deforming you more than ever, unexpectedly. You try to escape... ...precisely, at the same moment, you err. I... I'm not a philosopher. I’m exactly what you said, a policeman. I’ll tell you only one thing... Leave that girl alone. Good night. I am looking for nurse Sara. Where can i find her? I was told she is on call. Yes, she is here. Check out at the fourth floor... ...third door on your left. Thank you. How are you Sherif? Why are you here? For what reason? To see you. To see me? Perhaps now it’s not the right time... We could leave it for later. Why later? What’s going on? What’s going on Sara? What do you mean? We could leave it for later... What do you mean with later? What’s going on? Come with me. What’s concerning you Sherif? I’ve seen you with Sokrat these days... ...walking around. So? Sherif... ...the doctor has promised that he’ll help my mother... ...without going through all the formalities. If it were for formalities, her turn may never come. I can only hope, that they will take care of my mom. What happens, is that they move you along the line... It’s not like a crime is being committed. It is an exception that's being made on my behalf. Sokrat categorically demands, that the word doesn’t come out. This is why he has come to talk to me these days. Only about that? Sherif, I love Branko. If this gets out, my mother is hopeless. I don't understand, why you’ve gotten involved. These are my concerns. This is my life, and you are all forcing me to bring you here. The doctor knows about my relationship with Branko. He begged me not to talk to his son about this. I don’t know why he doesn’t want Branko to know. Maybe when all of this is over, I will tell him. Why did you tell him, that his father has come on to you? I don’t know what to say. It seems as saving my mother’s life, is taking my own life. Because everybody is a coward. Everyone is afraid... ...afraid of this, afraid of that... He asked me and I confirmed it! Because it is true. Sherif, wait... I love Branko! Sit down... Why have you disappeared? I needed time to think. Did you think enough? It’s beautiful here. Do you want some water? Have you fucked Sokrat? Have you fucked Sokrat? Have you fucked Sokrat? Say, 'Yes, I have fucked Sokrat'. Say, 'I have fucked Sokrat'. Have you fucked Sokrat? No... Say, that you love only me! Say, 'I'm a whore'. Say, that you love only me. Say, that you love only me. I love only you. Say, that you love only me! Say, that you love only me! I love only you. I am going to the zoo. Have you told me the truth? Have you told me the truth? What is the truth?