Elvis Walks Home
Fatmir Koci
Albania, 2017, 94 min.
In English.
This film is family friendly.
AIFF Award Winner:
Special Jury Award for Inspirational Filmmaking
The false ˜Mickey Jones˜ is marooned in the 1990 Balkan wars - carrying a guitar and wearing an Elvis Presley jumpsuit. He meets a group of refugee children who hold him at gunpoint. Mickey has a choice; does he follow his Elvis dreams, or does he sacrifice them to save children whose only dream is to stay alive?
Director's Statement
Elvis Walks Home is the drama of an individual who has no country and neither his own. This is a story about a man's journey from self-hatred to selflessness. The journey is never easy: he doesn't actually discover his own sense of self worth until he puts his own life in danger for the sake of others.
Category: Drama.
Themes: War, Human Rights, Road Trip, World Cinema.
Friday, April 20
The Screening Room
7:30pm
Filmmaker in Attendance
More in Drama
-
Still Love
Alexander Puga
2017, 4 min.After attending constant unsuccessful therapy sessions, Sarah struggles to understand why she would be forced by her parents to get help over a relationship... more ›
-
Ordinary Days
Jordan Canning, Kris Booth, Renuka Jeyapalan
Canada, 2018, 84 min.ORDINARY DAYS is a suspenseful mystery/drama, shot from multiple perspectives, that harkens back to the anxieties of a parent's experience in losing their... more ›
-
93 Miles
Noah Canavan
United States, 2018, 17 min.The night after defecting Cuba, a baseball player and his girlfriend are held up in a Mexican hotel room. The tension rises as the two become claustrophobic in... more ›