Growing Up Fat & Albanian (2016)
Meet Ella, a headstrong young American woman who defies everything-- her traditional Albanian upbringing, her strict family, her nemesis --the formidable Aunt Shirley to risk it all for TRUE LOVE. A love story about growing up FAT & Albanian. Your family or your heart? YOU decide. But choose wisely. And remember -- love, luck, fate, no matter what life throws you.... your family always has your back. If they don't stab you first. A story that's messy, complicated, violent. A movie about FAMILY.
Director: Dhimiter Ismailaj-Valona
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Elza Zagreda as Elle |
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Shpend Xani as Rocky |
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Tony Naumovski as Uncle Pjeter |
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Freia M. Titland as Teen Elle |
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Lumi Subasic as Lula |
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Jodi Lynn Smith as Aunt 1 |
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Jenn Wehrung as Aunt 2 |
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Mimoza Ismailaj as Aunt 3 |
| Camera | Shawn Schaffer | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Frank Reynolds | Editor |
| Writing | Elza Zagreda | Writer |
| Directing | Elza Zagreda | Co-Director |
| Directing | Dhimiter Ismailaj-Valona | Director |
