''Chromium'' () is a 2015 Albanian

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directed by Bujar Alimani. Frefjon Ruci stars as a child who is illegally employed at a

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mine. Produced by companies from Albania, Germany, Greece, and Kosovo, the film was Albania's

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for the

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at the

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, but it was not one of the finalists.

Plot

15 year old Adi lives at the edge of town with his younger brother and deaf-mute mother. He becomes illegally employed at a

mine. The only person that Adi trusts is a young math teacher, who empathizes with Adi due to both of them being rebellious.

Cast

* Frefjon Ruci as Adi * Klodjana Keco as Mother * Mirela Naska as Kujtim * Kasem Hoxha as Math teacher * Denis Shira as Denis * Bledar Naska as Teacher * Erjona Kaja as Bardha * Suela Bako as Woman in mine * Xhevdet Doda as Engineer * Albulena Kryeziu as Sokol's mother * Elton Deda as Singer at RockStock

Production

Companies from Albania, Germany, Greece, and Kosovo produced ''Chromium''. wrote and directed the film and stated that the main characters were inspiared by two brothers he knew as a child. Bonita Papastathi edited the film, Pjeter Gaci composed the music, and the cinematography was done by Ilias Adamis. Financial support was provided by the National Film Center of Serbia, Kosovo Film Centre, and National Center of Cinematography.

Release

''Chromium'' premiered at the

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on 8 July 2015. Albania selected the film as its

for the

at the

, but it was not one of the finalists. Another one of Alimani's films, ''

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'', was Albania's submission in 2011.

Reception

Clarence Tsui, writing for ''

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'', praised Kuci's performance and how "delicate and restrained" the script was in regards to exposition and character relationships.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chromium 2015 films 2015 drama films Albanian drama films Albanian-language films