The Hill Where Lionesses Roar (2021)
- Original title
- La Colline où rugissent les lionnes
- Directed by
- Luàna Bajrami
- Genre
- drama film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- Kosovo, France
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Three teenage girls in a small town in Kosovo form a gang and commit petty crimes. They are waiting for the chance to leave for university and escape their stagnant lives.
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What happens
The Hill Where Lionesses Roar (French: La colline où rugissent les lionnes; Albanian: Luaneshat e kodrës) is a drama film, directed by Luàna Bajrami and released in 2021. A coproduction of companies from France and Kosovo, the film centres on Qe (Flaka Latifi), Jeta (Urate Shabani) and Li (Era Balaj), three teenage girls in Kosovo who form a gang and engage in petty crime as they impatiently await their opportunity to go away to university and escape the boredom of their smalltown life. An excerpt from the film was screened in the Work in Progress section of the Les Arcs Film Festival in 2019. The film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight program at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where it was a nominee for the Queer Palm. It had its North American premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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