SWORN VIRGIN (Vergine Giurata) (2015) - ♦♦♦♦
Directed by - Laura Bispuri
Written by - Laura Bispuri, Francesca Manieri (based on a novel by Elvira Dones)
Starring - Alba Rohrwacher
"Two girls brought up together brought up in the rural side of Albania flee the sorry destiny of a female from those parts in two very different ways - one, Lila, migrates to Italy while the other, Hana, re-invents herself as Mark, posing as a man and swearing to eternal virginity. The two's paths cross once again years later when Hana shows up at Lila's door, hoping to get some help in also starting her life anew in Italy.
ALBA ROHRWACHER is not entirely believable as a man in the Italian environment, but she brings a lot of intensity to her difficult role. Her process of adaptation to a strange environment is perhaps overlooked in favour of the fictional documentation of her path to self re-discovery as a woman, but it is also thanks to her that the conflict of her character remains believable on a narrative level throughout the film's duration."
Drama, Italy/Switzerland/Germany/Albania/Kosovo/France