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The Albanian Virgin (2023)
Directed by Bujar Alimani
Drama · 1h 54m
Albania, 1958. Luana, the daughter of a well respected man in the village, makes friends with Agim, who moved here after his family were banned from the city by the communists. Years later, their childhood friendship turns into teenage love, but without prospects. Luana’s father promised her in marriage to someone else when she was a child. When her father finds out about Luana and Agim’s love, he is furious and immediately arranges for his daughter to be married to the man he chose for her. Luana faces a dilemma: to flee with her lover to Germany, risking being caught by the communists and probably killed, or stay loyal to her family. A poignant love story set in dark times shaped by pressure from old traditions. A deeply human tale about freedom, which is the greatest good even if the price is loneliness.
Cast
Rina Krasniqi
Shkurte Sylejmani
Nik Xhelilaj
Alban Ukaj
Astrit Kabashi
Kasem Hoxha
Lum Veseli
Lulzim Zeqja
Viktor Zhusti
Igli Zarka
Crew
- Director
- Bujar Alimani
- Writer
- Katja Kittendorf
- Director of Photography
- Jörg Widmer
- Original Music Composer
- Olaf Didolff
- Editor
- Philipp Thomas
- Producer
- Anita Elsani, Lesley Neary
Details
- Original title
- Virgjëresha shqiptare
- Release date
- 2023-02-09
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- SQ
- Spoken languages
- Albanian
- Countries
- Albania, Belgium, Germany, Kosovo
- Production
- Elsani Film, ZDF/Arte, Potemkino Port, 90 Production, Mollywood, Circle Production