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Release Date:
September 16, 2016
Original Title:
Growing Up Fat & Albanian
Genres:
Comedy
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 36
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.
Co-Director:
Elza Zagreda
Director:
Dhimiter Ismailaj-Valona
Director of Photography:
Shawn Schaffer
Editor:
Frank Reynolds
Writer:
Elza Zagreda
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