
Acting
Ndriçim Xhepa
Born 1957-01-21 · Tirana, Albania
Ndriçim Xhepa (born January 21, 1957) is an Albanian award-winning film and stage actor.
Acting credits
9.0Year 1943. All the members of an anti-fascist council are arrested by the Nazis during a wedding, along with the husband. They are pressured into signing a document against the council, but they refuse, and instead plan to help the husband escape in case of an execution.
The Councillors
1979
5.6Inspired by the real-life story of a bus hijacking in Northern Greece, HOSTAGE explores the sensitive issue of Greek-Albanian relations through a young Albanian who takes over an intercity bus. Upon hijacking the bus, he takes the seven passengers hostage and demands a ransom of half and million euro, and safe passage to his homeland of Albania. Surrounded by police, the bus trundles towards the Albanian border and the tension mounts until the final harrowing conclusion.
Hostage
2005
9.0Set in the early 18th century, the film follows Andrea Selenica, a gifted painter whose independence and refusal to bow to church authority place him on a collision course with the clergy. As intrigue and betrayal close in around him, he is driven toward a tragic fate.
Distant Time
1983
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Sekretet
2008
6.1In 1990, a European delegation comes to Tirana to monitor the reforms of the communist regime. A government official is sent on a mission to a faraway prison in order to bring an important dissident back to the capital.
The Delegation
2018
9.0Jona, Arsen and Agron are not three ordinary graduates doing their teaching practice in an industrial center, but three young people who try to have their place in society. Through their social relations and their love, the film penetrates into their spiritual world and psychology, revealing their concepts and moral values.
Love Your Name
1984
NRThe film director, Bujar, is making a movie about the life and activity of Enver Hoxha. During the film, many retrospectives from the war times till the end of his life are given.
Our Enver
1985
9.5A group of partisan girls and women go on a journey in order to take part in the first Congress of the Anti-Fascist Women in Berat.
The Way of Freedom
1982
7.0The money that people had collected to finance the war were entrusted to Kiço. After the liberation, nobody remembers the treasure, but Kiço reminds everyone, delivering the treasure without taking anything for himself.
The Treasure
1981
7.0The events of the film happen in a huge industrial complex. A huge explosion interrupts an experiment. Engineer Genci, who was responsible for this experiment, discovers that the explosion was not an accident, but an act of sabotage.
Comrades
1982
10.0A woman is raped by a gang of motorcyclists. Her friend attempts to find the perpetrator.
The Rapists
1995
Toni, a neglected and spoiled 10-year-old boy, tries in every way to look like the idols that inspire his lonely days.
The Clay Bullet
1994
2.0The story of a couple married for 10 years who decide to end their relationship without understanding the implications of this separation for their families. The decision to separate will make them know the limits of each other and their loved ones in situations full of humor and love. Because when love is still there, nothing is impossible.
Within Love
2023
10.0The story takes place in March 1999, Kosovo. It is the period of NATO bombing. Massive displacement of Albanians on ethnic basis. Terror, fear, insecurity and hunger have plagued the town of Gjakova.
Distant Angels
2017
8.0After living in various European cities, militant Besim Pepa comes back in Albania during the years 1932-1936. Here, he is persecuted and imprisoned, so he has to emigrate again.
The Unforgotten
1984
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Darka e gabuar
2011
8.0An amateur cycling team from Albania heads to France to take part in a tournament only to discover on the way that revolution has broken out back home.
East, West, East: The Final Sprint
2009
8.0Tom Melgushi, becoming overexcited from alcohol, wanders around the streets disturbing people. And one day, Flutura, a teacher of the village, gets on his cab, and there was a glimpse of hope for a stable relationship with the young woman. Tom becomes subject of public criticism after Flutura's accident, because she jumped out of the cab fearing Tom's violence.
Flutura in My Cab
1988
7.0Dear Enemy tells the true story of the director’s grandfather who became friends with a German officer during the WWII German occupation of Albania while hiding a partisan, an Italian soldier and a Jewish watchmaker in his cellar.
Dear Enemy
2006
6.0Agron and Marjeta are happily engaged until in a trial presided by Agron, two people accused of theft reveal facts that implicate Marjeta's father. Agron is torn between love and duty.
Shadows Left Behind
1985
NRÇesku's life changes forever when, in post-war Albania, communism comes to power, killing and persecuting the people he holds dearest. However, the pursuit of a final wish may be the only thing keeping Çesku alive, offering him a window of hope in a hopeless land.
The Legend of the Cane
2024
8.0Events come through medieval haze in a fantozmagorik city. Under the rocky roofs and the murky wall a frightening mixture of wildlife with fragile hatreds with renewed love of death. Metaphors have to say that power abuse has the same essence but different performances.
Sakos’s Wedding
1998
4.6Based on true events, a young man raised in a cruel and oppressive family environment, leaves Albania with the dream of becoming a rock star and living a better life. His reckless character and his youth passions lead him to commit a murder in Athens. Chased by everyone, even by his own self, he is imprisoned under the harshest conditions. With the help of a German doctor, he learns to feel sympathy for others and guilt for his crime. His deep remorse will lead him from darkness to light.
Eduart
2006
5.0A young reporter discovers a problem while investigating a farm and decides to write an exposing article on it, which many people try to prevent from being published.
A Phone Call in the Morning
1987