Vergine giurata
Sworn Virgin
Vierge sous serment
Italy / Switzerland / Germany / Albania / Kosovo, February 2015
FILM,
Fiction,
87 min.
- directed by
- Laura Bispuri
- Written by
- Francesca Manieri , Laura Bispuri
- Status
- In distribution
The story of a woman who sacrifices her femininity for her freedom, and then decides to wipe out her honour to become a woman again. A journey inside the complexity of women’s universe; a film about being stuck in invisible prisons and then finally learning how to breathe.
credits
- World Premiere
- February 2015
- Original Version
- Albanian, Italian (french/english subtitles), colour, DCP, 87 min.
- Production
- Vivo Film, Colorado Film Production, Bord Cadre films Sàrl, The Match Factory, Erafilm Productions, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, RAI Cinema
- Producer
- Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa, Alessandro Usai , Dan Wechsler, Michael Weber, Sabina Kodra
- directed by
- Laura Bispuri
- Written by
- Francesca Manieri , Laura Bispuri
- Cinematography
- Vladan Radovic
- Editing
- Carlotta Cristiani, Jacopo Quadri
- Re-Recording Mix
- Denis Séchaud
- Music
- Nando Di Cosimo
- Location Sound Mix
- Marc von Stürler, David Lipka
- Production Design
- Ilaria Sadun
Cast
Alba Rohrwacher
Lars Eidinger
Flonja Kodheli
Luan Jaha
Emily Ferratello
Drenica Selimaj
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- The Match Factory
Worldwide Distribution
- France
-
Pretty Pictures
Distribution
Release date: 30.09.2015 - Germany
-
drei-freunde Filmverleih
Distribution
Release date: 23.06.2016 - Italy
-
Istituto Luce Cinecittà S.r.l.
Distribution
Release date: 19.03.2015 - Portugal
-
Midas Filmes
Distribution
Release date: 05.10.2016 - Switzerland
-
Bord Cadre films Sàrl
Distribution
Release date: 27.01.2016
Awards
(a selection)
- New York, Tribeca Film Festival, Nora Ephron Prize 2015 (Winner)
- San Francisco, San Francisco Int. Film Festival, Golden Gate New Directors Prize 2015 (Winner)
-
Valencia, Festival Internacional de Cine de Valencia - Cinema Jove,
Premio Cima a la Mejor película diriga por una mujer
2015
(Winner)
Laura Bispuri - Krakow, PKO OFF International Festival of Independent Cinema, Fipresci Award 2015 (Winner)
- Valencia, Festival Internacional de Cine de Valencia - Cinema Jove, Special Mention of the Jury 2015 (Winner)
- Kiev, Kiev International Film Festival Molodist, Sunny Bunny Award 2015 (Winner)
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Firebird Award 2015 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Les Arcs, 8e Festival de Cinéma Européen des Arcs
10.12.2016 - 17.12.2016 -
Festival Everybody’s Perfect
01.10.2016 - 10.10.2016 -
Cleveland, 40th Cleveland International Film Festival
30.03.2016 - 10.04.2016 -
Dublin, 14th Dublin International Film Festival
17.03.2016 - 27.03.2016 -
Amsterdam, Amsterdam LGTBQ Filmfestival
12.03.2016 - 22.03.2016 -
Portland, Portland International Film Festival
11.02.2016 - 27.02.2016 -
Solothurn, 51. Solothurner Filmtage
21.01.2016 - 28.01.2016 -
Palm Springs, 27th Palm Springs International Film Festival
01.01.2016 - 11.01.2016 -
Tbilisi, 16th Tbilisi International Film Festival
30.11.2015 - 06.12.2015 -
Goa, 46th International Film Festival of India, Goa
20.11.2015 - 30.11.2015
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Tallinn, 19th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
13.11.2015 - 29.11.2015 -
Stockholm, 26th Stockholm International Film Festival
11.11.2015 - 22.11.2015 -
Thessaloniki, 56th Thessaloniki International Film Festival
06.11.2015 - 15.11.2015 -
St. Louis, 24th St. Louis International Film Festival
05.11.2015 - 15.11.2015 -
13th Tirana International Film Festival
28.10.2015 - 05.11.2015 -
Kiev, 45th Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist
24.10.2015 - 01.11.2015 -
Sao Paulo, Associação Brasileira Mostra Internacional de Cinema ABMIC
22.10.2015 - 04.11.2015 -
Chicago, 51st Chicago International Film Festival
15.10.2015 - 29.10.2015 -
1° Bogota International Film Festival
09.10.2015 - 17.10.2015 -
London, 59th BFI London Film Festival
07.10.2015 - 18.10.2015 -
Rencontres Films Femmes Méditerranée
06.10.2015 - 11.10.2015 -
Haifa, 31st International Film Festival Haifa
26.09.2015 - 05.10.2015 -
Aspen, 36th Aspen FilmFest
25.09.2015 - 30.09.2015 -
Locarno, 68° Festival del film Locarno
05.08.2015 - 15.08.2015 -
Melbourne, 64th Melbourne International Film Festival
30.07.2015 - 16.08.2015 -
Fünf-Seen-Land, 9. Fünf Seen Filmfestival
29.07.2015 - 09.08.2015 -
Karlovy Vary, 50th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
03.07.2015 - 11.07.2015 -
13° Ischia Film Festival
27.06.2015 - 04.07.2015 -
Valencia, 30° Festival Internacional de Cine Cinema Jove Valencia
19.06.2015 - 26.06.2015 -
Sydney, 62nd Sydney Film Festival
03.06.2015 - 14.06.2015 -
Seattle, Seattle International Film Festival
14.05.2015 - 07.06.2015 -
Krakow, PKO OFF International Festival of Independent Cinema
01.05.2015 - 10.05.2015 -
San Francisco, 58th San Francisco International Film Festival
23.04.2015 - 07.05.2015 -
29. Bozner Filmtage Bolzano Cinema
22.04.2015 - 26.04.2015 -
Buenos Aires, 17° Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente
15.04.2015 - 25.04.2015 -
New York, 14th Tribeca Film Festival New York
15.04.2015 - 26.04.2015 -
Copenhagen, 7th CPH:PIX Copenhagen Feature Film Festival
09.04.2015 - 22.04.2015 -
Hong Kong, 39th Hong Kong International Film Festival
23.03.2015 - 06.04.2015 -
Berlin, 65. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin Wettbewerb
05.02.2015 - 15.02.2015