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Sworn Virgin

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Original title

Vergine giurata (Sworn Virgin)

Year

2015

Running time

90 min.

Country

Italy

Director

Laura Bispuri

Screenwriter

Laura Bispuri, Francesca Manieri. Novel: Elvira Dones

Cast

Cinematography

Vladan Radovic

Producer

Co-production Italy-Germany-Switzerland-Albania;

Vivo Film, Colorado Film Production, RAI Cinema, Bord Cadre Films, Match Factory Productions, Erafilm

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

Hana is growing up in an archaic alpine landscape in Albania where the old codes and traditional gender roles prevail. She escapes the fate of a wife and servant when, in accordance with the Kanun, the traditional Albanian law, she pledges herself to life-long virginity, thus sacrificing her femininity for perceived freedom. From now on, she is treated like a man. She is given a dagger and the name of Mark. But after ten years of seclusion, she decides to change her life and takes the train to Milan, where her sister lives with her family. She is not exactly expecting Hana ...

Awards: 2015: Berlin Film Festival: Official Selection

2014: David di Donatello Awards: Nominated for Best New Director

2015: Tribeca Film Festival: nominated to Best Narrative Feature (Best Film).

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Sworn Virgin

2015

Laura Bispuri

6.2

(128)