Synopsis
Sworn Virgin (Vergine giurata, 2015) is an Italian drama directed by Laura Bispuri you can watch online on iFILM. Hana grew up in the mountains of northern Albania and took the oath of a burrnesha — renounced her female identity, took a man's name, and bought herself the only freedom available under the Kanun code. Alba Rohrwacher carries the role almost entirely without words, which is exactly the point.
When Hana decides to move to present-day Milan to stay with a childhood friend, both body and memory begin to surface. Bispuri shot in real Albanian villages where the burrnesha tradition still exists, and that ground truth shows. This is not a film about gender politics in the abstract — it is about the full weight of a choice made purely to survive. Watch Sworn Virgin (2015) online on iFILM.
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