Lamerica

Immediately after the fall of communism in Albania, two Italians go there to embezzle investment money by creating a fake company. As the chairman/fall guy, they pick a former political prisoner who turns out to be more than meets the eye.

Lamerica is a 1995 drama comedy movie directed by Gianni Amelio, starring Carmelo Di Mazzarelli, Enrico Lo Verso, Piro Milkani. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.4/10 from 2,513 votes and runs 1h 56m.