THE RISE & FALL OF COMRADE ZYLO
by Fatmir Koçi
synopsis
Comrade Zylo, the head of Albania’s top censorship institution in the 1970s, is a tyrannical bureaucrat. He orders the talented writer Demka to compose an ideological speech. Demka sees that he has become a slave of a Machiavellian propaganda master. But that’s not his deepest problem: Demka realises that he is falling in love with Zylo’s wife, Adila.
| international title: | The Rise & Fall Of Comrade Zylo |
| original title: | Shkelqimi dhe renia e shokut Zylo |
| country: | Albania |
| year: | 2022 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Fatmir Koçi |
| film run: | 119' |
| screenplay: | Fatmir Koçi |
| cast: | Alex Seitaj, Enisa Hysa, Donald Shehu, Xhoana Karaj, Jorida Meta |
| cinematography by: | Marek Wesolowski |
| film editing: | Max Vonk |
| art director: | Rei Pema |
| costumes designer: | Stela Laknori |
| music: | Karl Heortweard |
| producer: | Dritan Huqi, Fatmir Koçi |
| co-producer: | Besnik Krapi |
| executive producer: | Mike Downey |
| production: | On Film Production, Kkoci Production, Circle Productions, Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) |
