The difficult life of "Tomka": From movie star, to expulsion from school and health problems

2022-05-29 22:39:20Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The difficult life of "Tomka": From movie star, to expulsion from
Enea Zhegu

Another actor will be missing from today in the Albanian cinematography and all Albanians. The famous actor, Enea Zhegu, has closed his eyes forever this Sunday morning, after suffering from a serious illness. He passed away at the age of 57, leaving behind a series of roles that will always be remembered. He became famous since his childhood.

Happiness would come to him in 1978, when director Dhimitër Anagnosti chose him for the film "Poppies on the Wall". A year later, Viktor Gjika would take him for the movie "The Man with the Cannon" and at this time he would be chosen for the main role of the movie "Tomka and his friends", ie for the role of Tomka that would make him famous, while he was still a student in the seventh grade. Enea Zhegu was aware of the first two experiences of what it meant to be part of a film. So on the day when Xhanfize Keko had gathered the children, as famous as he was in the world of film, he wanted Tomka with all his heart. And when he won the competition that seemed very difficult (because he had strong rivals), he felt not only happy, but also somewhat superior to others. He would be the commander. Aeneas understood very well the role he was being asked to play, so much so that he would quickly learn to play it beautifully even off the set. Always in the spotlight (especially after the screening of Tomka and his friends), spoiled by his grandparents and preferred by famous directors, Enea would feel very important. Somewhat and untouchable. Perhaps that is why, years later, when he was no longer the child whose mistakes could be easily forgiven, life would not be as good for him as it was in childhood.

The beginning of beautiful memories for Enean was interrupted by the end of the film "One More Life", directed by Gjergj Erebara. There would be no more movies after him. The free and slightly rebellious spirit that had gradually developed within him began to emerge more and more in his high school years. So much so that the name Enea Zhegu would be registered in the registers of almost all high schools in Tirana. Once he was expelled from one school, he was sent to another, until he would end up in night school. The deeds remained with him, Tomka. Many continued to identify Tomka as the prodigal boy. Enea felt good from this nickname, which would follow her even when she managed to enter the Academy of Arts, where she would feel for the first time the desire to become an actor, while everything had happened before in the square shooting, had not taken it so seriously. There at the Academy, the miracle would happen that would not last long. Because in the first year, Enea Zhegu would be expelled from school again for "bad behavior". The first sentence he received was only for one school year. While in the second year, another sentence he would receive, but for misconduct, he would be permanently expelled. "Tomka" continued to be evil, so life would make him more and more evil.

In 1989 he would try for the first time what it meant to be locked up in a psychiatrist. In the first time they would keep it inside for only 15 days, while in the second time a full month. Aeneas would escape these evil times only in 1990, when he would leave for Greece, and a few years later to Italy. He has already returned to Tirana. From the first days that he would arrive, he would go to the Academy of Arts, because he wanted to start connecting exactly where he had left here years ago. However, he did not get too caught up in the nostalgia. He quickly realized that life was not that of movies, that times were no longer as they were when it came to Tomka. So he quickly started thinking about opening an activity of his own, a bar-restaurant that he called "Villa 31", but that has become more known as Tomka's bar.News 24


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