A sequence where hana has all of her hair lopped off makes explicit reference to the passion of joan of arc, which figures into godards film, and hanas name rhymes with that of karinas. Sworn virgin is a 2015 internationally coproduced drama film directed by laura bispuri. For mark a revelatory alba rohrwacher, changing his gender identity was about personal freedom, but its not about selfexpression or. Had she been born in albania today, says the 78yearold sworn virgin, who made an oath of celibacy in return for the right to live and rule her family as a. Cut off linguistically because while italian is undoubtedly the countrys most widely spoken foreign language due to the fact that italy is well.
She was a trainee policewoman something almost unheard of at the time with a penchant for football likewise and, at their first meeting, wore a violet and emerald shell suit, the height of albanian mens. Laura bispuri tells the story of how a young woman becomes a man in order to escape from the destiny set in stone for women by the patriarchal archaisms of deepest albania. Yet, in 2016, rt feigns surprise in encountering lali, and says, we were certain that burrnieshas sic9 only remained in the rural highlands, but suddenly we bumped into a sworn virgin in quite a large albanian town russia today 2016. The concept being referred to in the title of sworn virgin, a debut. Sworn virgin on dvd 7122673529 from strand releasing. Sworn virgin 2016 stream and watch online moviefone. In a rugged, impoverished world where women are treated as chattel, some escape their hard, genderdetermined fate by claiming the status of sworn virgins before a dozen. Rent sworn virgin 2016 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Click here for more information, or watch the film trailer below. First, it was written by a little known albanian writer in the english speaking world, from a country that has been closed to international attention for so long due to the political system and its very different language.
Mar 30, 2016 trailer for sworn virgin, starring alba rohrwacher and lars eidinger hana doda, still a girl, escapes from her destiny of being a wife and a servant, a future imposed on women in the harsh mountains of albania. Sworn virgin 2016 official trailer sneak peek by david duprey on apr 14, 2016 an albanian woman takes lifelong oath to be a sworn virgin and essentially becomes a man in her village until she visits her sister in milan and longs to explore life and love as her true self. Jun 23, 2008 had she been born in albania today, says the 78yearold sworn virgin, who made an oath of celibacy in return for the right to live and rule her family as a man, she would choose womanhood. This movie based on a book by elvira dones depicts a society with very strict rules for its women. The 2007 novel sworn virgin by albanian novelist elvira dones traces the life of one such woman who, with the help of her sister, manages to reconnect with her female identity. Apr 14, 2016 sworn virgin 2016 official trailer sneak peek by david duprey on apr 14, 2016 an albanian woman takes lifelong oath to be a sworn virgin and essentially becomes a man in her village until she visits her sister in milan and longs to explore life and love as her true self. Understated and authentic sworn virgin starring alba rohrwacher.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the sworn virgin. The last sworn virgin of montenegro world news the. Mark doda, a man of few words and many fags, lives alone in the cursed mountains of the north in the family stone tower or kulla. The film obliges viewers to puzzle out the nature of the sworn virgin. To a lesser extent, the practice exists, or has existed, in other parts of the western balkans, including bosnia, dalmatia croatia, serbia and northern macedonia. The film is unrated but contains some sexual content that is suitable for mature audiences only. Apr 25, 2016 as sworn virgin begins, mark leaves his lifelong albanian village of ragam for rome, italy, to find lila flonja kodheli, his longestranged sister. Released april 22nd, 2016, sworn virgin stars alba rohrwacher, flonja kodheli, luan jaha, emily ferratello the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 27 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Given its nearly episodic structure, formal choices, and similar thematic inquiries, sworn virgin suggests an unofficial remake of vivre sa vie. Annekatrin titze laura bispuris sworn virgin vergine giurata won this years tribeca film festival nora ephron prize. Staring llire vinca celaj, bruno shllaku, flonja kodheli and emily ferratello. Apr 16, 2015 paris strand releasing has acquired all u. More than a decade since their last meeting, mark and lilas friendship is speckled with lingering bitterness and a mutual disappointment.
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Published on jul 11, 2016 sworn virgin follows a young woman named hana who lives in an albanian village ruled by men, and she takes an oath of eternal virginity to live as a sworn virgin. Laura bispuris moving, fiery sworn virgin comes in a recent tradition of cinematic meditations on gender as a form of identity like tomboy and all about my mother, but her film is, above all, about the privilege of access. Watch sworn virgin online vimeo on demand on vimeo. Apr 22, 2016 the information given above would be a help to any viewer going into sworn virgin. F rom clayton dillards introduction to slant magazines top 25 films of 2016. Sworn virgin 2016 official trailer sneak peek that. Sworn virgin by laura bispuri official international trailer hd. Hana, under her male identity as mark, has now also found that it is time to leave her albanian home and goes to find her sister by adoption in rome. This can only be counted a virtue by those who count obscurity and bafflement as artistic assets. According to marina warner, the sworn virgin s true sex will never again, on pain of death, be alluded to either in her presence or out of it. Its an especially daring choice for sworn virgin, a film that could easily insist on accessing the. A film by larua bispuri synopsis hana doda, still a girl, escapes from her destiny of being a wife and a servant, a future imposed on women in the harsh mountains of albania.
Understated and authentic sworn virgin starring alba. Vergine giurata di laura bispuri, con alba rohrwacher in concorso al festival berlino, dal 19 marzo al cinema. Sworn virgin vergine giurata director laura bispuri with star alba rohrwacher photo. Jonida who is entirely italianised should go along with the pretence. Mar 29, 2015 a film by larua bispuri synopsis hana doda, still a girl, escapes from her destiny of being a wife and a servant, a future imposed on women in the harsh mountains of albania. But promises are hard to keep and love may find her whether she wants it to or not. The concept being referred to in the title of sworn virgin, a debut feature by italian writerdirector laura bispuri, belongs to the traditional culture of albania, where some of the film takes place. It was screened in the main competition section of the 65th berlin international film festival. With alba rohrwacher, emily ferratello, lars eidinger, flonja kodheli.
Celebrating great art amid the transition to political catastrophe can feel like, to paraphrase the title of poet ocean vuongs recent collection, a moonlit sky with exit wounds. Rent sworn virgin 2016 starring alba rohrwacher and flonja kodheli on dvd and bluray. Years later, restless and feeling imprisoned by his choice, mark leaves for italy to visit his sister and family. The film s story has three strands, one presenttense and set in italy, two set in albania in years past. Sworn virgin follows a young woman named hana who lives in an albanian village ruled by men, and she takes an oath of eternal virginity to live as a sworn virgin becoming mark, so she can live free as a man. Though the fear that the films walking dead can turn violent at any second is completely. Jul 12, 2016 beautiful and uplifting, sworn virgin follows hana who, to escape the prospect of wifely servitude in her albanian village, takes an.
Years after declaring her eternal virginity and opting to live life as a man in the mountains. Instead, her growing awareness of her own sexuality is given all the time it needs to emerge in a completely natural way, which makes for a quiet film without. Apr 22, 2016 sworn virgin synopsis an albanian woman alba rohrwacher who according to her regions custom has lived as a man for most of her life wants to reclaim her sexual identity. Sworn virgin follows a young woman named hana who lives in an. Beautiful and uplifting, sworn virgin follows hana who, to escape the prospect of wifely servitude in her albanian village, takes an. Sworn virgin synopsis an albanian woman alba rohrwacher who according to her regions custom has lived as a man for most of her life wants to reclaim her sexual identity. She takes an oath of eternal virginity to live as a sworn virgin by living as a man named mark. Years after declaring her eternal virginity and opting to live life as a man in the mountains of albania, hana looks to return to living as a woman as she settles into a new existence in modernday milan. Strand releasing picks up tribeca player sworn virgin. Sworn virgin presents as a transgender narrative, following mark alba rohrwacher assigned as female at birth as mark leaves hermetic life and enters modern milan society. The film obliges viewers to puzzle out the nature of the sworn virgin tradition, and even at the tales end, it may not be clear. Similar practices occurred in some societies of indigenous peoples of the americas.
The last sworn virgin of montenegro world news the guardian. Mar 02, 2016 the sworn virgin is the story of eleanora, a woman who chooses to live as a sworn virgin, a tradition that will allow her to basically be the master of her own destiny and be in control of her own life as long as she keeps to her promise. As it is, the film obliges viewers to puzzle out the nature of the sworn virgin tradition, and even at the tales end, it may not be clear. They also went there earlier, in 2009, where they interviewed lali the first time russia today 2009. There, he explores the unexpected pleasures of attraction and the body and decides to abandon mark, rediscovering herself himself as hana, to become a new and liberated person. Sworn virgin 2016 after posing as a man for 14 years, a woman alba rohrwacher travels from albania to italy to reconnect with her estranged sister flonja kodheli and reclaim her sexual identity. The youngest sworn virgin encountered by the researcher antonia young in the 1990s was a 22yearold from the small town of bajram curri. Her debut feature stars alba rohrwacher in a complex portrayal of life as hana and mark with flonja kodheli as her sister lila. A graphic artist in her twenties struggles with her seemingly noticeable virginity.
Movies like sworn virgin if you like sworn virgin you are looking for touching, atmospheric and psychological movies about with starting over, hidden identity, hopes, introspection, disorder, sexuality and gender themes of drama genre shot in italy or switzerland. The sworn virgin is the story of eleanora, a woman who chooses to live as a sworn virgin, a tradition that will allow her to basically be the master of her own destiny and be in control of her own life as long as she keeps to her promise. Thirtyodd years into a life lived entirely in a remote northern albanian. Elvira dones novel, sworn virgin, intrigued me as soon as i started reading the introduction. Trailer for sworn virgin, starring alba rohrwacher and lars eidinger hana doda, still a girl, escapes from her destiny of being a wife and a servant, a future imposed on women in the harsh mountains of albania. A person, assigned female at birth, who adopts a traditional masculine thirdgender or transmasculine role in the balkans, wearing masculine clothing and performing masculine tasks, and traditionally swearing a vow of chastity. There, he explores the unexpected pleasures of attraction and. Sworn to virginity and living as men in albania the new. The sworn virgin is believed to be the only formal, socially defined trans masculine role in europe. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Burrnesha are women who take a vow of chastity and wear male clothing in order to live as men in patriarchal northern albanian society, kosovo and montenegro.
But the phlegm of posttruths shouldnt get caught in our throats, let alone our eyes and ears, because films from. Marks struggle to find a true identity is the drive of the film, and the picture ends up being more of a look at feminism in albanian than anything else. It is in italian and albanian with english subtitles. Vergine giurata is a 2015 internationally coproduced drama film directed by laura bispuri. Sworn virgin is being presented as part of the 30th bfi flare london lgbt film festival, and it premiered last year in the official competition of the berlin film festival. Apr 17, 2016 given its nearly episodic structure, formal choices, and similar thematic inquiries, sworn virgin suggests an unofficial remake of vivre sa vie. This can only be counted a virtue by those who count obscurity and.
Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. There, he explores the unexpected pleasures of attraction and the. Shot in intimate handheld style, sworn virgin is at least in part a film. Sworn virgin 2016 after posing as a man for 14 years, a woman alba rohrwacher travels from albania to italy to reconnect with her estranged sister. Italian filmmaker laura bispuri made a film based on that novel in 2015.
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