Sworn Virgin (2015)

Original title

Vergine giurata

Directed by

Laura Bispuri

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Kosovo, Albania, Germany, Switzerland

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

Κ-15

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 63 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman in Albania decides to take an oath to live as a man in order to gain the freedom that her society denies to women. Years later she travels to Italy and begins to question her identity and the life she has built.

introspectivesombercontemplativeslow-burnpoignantquietemotionally restrainedatmospheric

What happens

Sworn Virgin (Italian: Vergine giurata, Albanian: Burrnesha) is a 2015 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Laura Bispuri. It was screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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