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SWORN VIRGIN
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Development - ALBANIAN, ITALIAN - Drama - 90 minutes

Log Line

Sworn Virgin is a journey inside the feminine universe told in its many contradictory forms.

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  • Cannes 2013 (Debut)
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Year of production : 2013

Director(s) : Laura BISPURI
Writer(s) : Laura BISPURI
Producer(s) : Serena ALFIERI (colorado film production )

Synopsis

Sworn Virgin is a journey inside the feminine universe told in its many contradictory forms. It is the story of a woman who sacrifices her femininity for freedom, and then sacrifices her honour to go back to being a woman again. She does this without ever setting her feelings aside. Hana Doda, still a girl, escapes from her destiny of being a wife and servant which is imposed on the women in the inhospitable mountains in Albania and appeals to the old law of the Kanun, swearing eternal virginity and therefore becoming a “sworn virgin.” She turns into a man, takes up a rifle and becomes Mark Doda. As Mark, she enjoys the same consideration as any other man, but after over ten years spent in solitude in the mountains, Hana decides to change her life. She leaves Albania and goes to Milan, where she meets caring, loving, people that life had denied her so far. Hana struggles to leave her man clothes and learns to be woman, learning to piece back together the two souls that for years have coexisted inside her body.

Production

Country(ies) : ALBANIA, FRANCE, ITALY

Financing plan : The film is supported by Media Programme and MIBAC (Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities) as first feature film.
In this moment we are finalizing a co-production with Albania (Era-film) and France (Arizona production), they can join the project with 10%

Start of shooting : September 2013

AUSTRIA POLYFILM VERLEI
BELGIUM Sep 30, 2015 CINEMIEN (BELGI
FRANCE PRETTY PICTURES
GERMANY DREI-FREUNDE FI
GREECE AMA FILMS
ITALY Mar 19, 2015 ISTITUTO LUCE –
NETHERLAND Oct 15, 2015 CINEMIEN (NETHE
PORTUGAL MIDAS FILMES
SWITZERLAN Jan 27, 2016 CINÉMATHÈQUE SU
USA Apr 15, 2016 DEUTCHMAN COMPA


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