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Aloa: Festivity of the Whores (1988)

Aloa: Festivity of the Whores poster
Original title
Haloa - praznik kurvi
Directed by
Lordan Zafranović
Genre
drama film
Country
Yugoslavia
Runtime
1h 39m
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A sexually liberated woman faces societal repression in Yugoslavia. Her free-spirited eroticism ultimately leads to her downfall and death.

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What happens

Aloa: Festivity of the Whores (Serbo-Croatian: Haloa – Praznik kurvi) is a 1988 Yugoslav film directed by Lordan Zafranović. It is based on a novel by Veljko Barbieri. The film is also known in English as Aloa - The Whores' Feast or Aloa: The Whores' Festival. The film was presented as an example in Yugoslavian film, of a portrayal of a "sexually active female whose liberated eroticisim is smothered by death". The film received the Critics' Award at the Pula Film Festival, where Neda Arnerić received the Golden Arena for Best Actress for her role in the film. It was screened at the Venice festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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