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Difficult Beginning

Difficult Beginning

1986•1h 18m
FamilyDrama

Little Bledy lives with his father in a small apartment in Tirana. The boy learns by accident that the father is going to marry a completely unfamiliar woman for him. This news causes him a shock. Nevertheless, when he meets Zana, his father's girlfriend from work, he is increasingly convinced of the need for changes in the family ...

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Albafilm Studio

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Marjeta Ljarja

Marjeta Ljarja

Zana

Timo Flloko

Timo Flloko

Bujari

Margarita Xhepa

Margarita Xhepa

shoqe e Zanës

Marika Kallamata

Marika Kallamata

nëna e Zanës

Marta Burda

gjyshja e Bledit

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