Sworn Virgin

Book adaptation/Drama, Italy/Germany 2016

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Hana Doda (Alba Rohrwacher) grows up in the harsh, tradition-bound mountain landscape of Albania, where old laws and conservative gender roles have always determined people's lives. But Hana rebels: she takes an oath of eternal virginity according to the traditional law of the Kanun, because she does not see her future as a wife and servant. Henceforth she is treated as a man, and as a sign of her newfound freedom she is given the name Mark and a rifle. But she finds no fulfillment in her being and, after ten long years of loneliness, leaves for her cousin Lila in Milan. She hopes to start a new life there, but initially encounters rejection from her family and unexpected encounters in the foreign society. Bit by bit, Mark gets closer to Hana again - and has to decide which life she wants to lead from now on.
88 min
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FSK 0
Audio language:
AlbanianItalian
Subtitles:
German

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Director:

Laura Bispuri

Template:

Elvira Dones (Novel "Sworn Virgin")

Composer:

Nando di Cosimo

Cast:

Alba Rohrwacher (Hana / Mark)

Lars Eidinger (Bernhard)

Emily Ferratello (Jonida)

Flonja Kodheli (Lila)

Luan Jaha (Stjefen)

Bruno Shllaku (Gjergj)

Ilire Vinca Çelaj (Katrina)

Original title:

Vergine giurata

Original language:

Italian

Format:

16:9 SD, Color

Age rating:

FSK 0

Audio language:

AlbanianItalian

Subtitles:

German