Sander Prosi – March 24, 1985!

The dark day when the Albanian scene lost its colossus!

Durres: March 24, 1985
He rested his face on his palms and sat for a while, which seemed endless to me. It was a March evening and on that same day,
March 24…

I made the mise-en-scene that Sandri would perform. We were waiting with the lights on to warm up the environment a little. The hours were passing, and the actor was nowhere to be seen….

The lights came on, they flashed for a long time and I saw Josifi come out of the room. he was as white as frost…

– Take heart medicine, he spoke in a disfigured voice.

I was completely frozen, took the trinitrine out of the box and put it under my tongue without knowing why!

– Josif, what happened, you said you are driving us crazy.

He did not speak, but took the alley down, holding on to the walls.
I followed him to the “Gaz” which was on. Silent as two zombies, I sank into the darkness of the car.

He took the turn at “Torra” and stopped in front of the “Vollga” hotel.

A scattered crowd roared in silence. The police had surrounded the place. The lights on the first floor were on. People in white T-shirts entered and exited through the revolving glass door.

In the crowd I noticed some security personnel. Before I went down, Josif grabbed my arm and shook me hard.

– Get up yourself, drink a mouthful of brandy…Sandri,
his voice trembled and his eyes reddened. Sandri, he left us! Fell from the third floor of the hotel. A long-absent vision appeared in my brain.

Everything I saw around me was completely covered. It wasn’t the wave or something else… but no!

Sandri’s death? No.

An irresponsible weight never conquered me, I barely made it through the corridor of the policemen who wanted to stop me.

– He is the director of the film, Josifi spoke as he walked, walking in front of me. I had frozen in front of the glass door and….
In front of my eyes, the white sheet with coagulated blood clots blinded me.

Part from the book “Te pathenat” – Muharrem Fejzo!

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