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Italy / Switzerland / Germany / Albania / Kosovo, February 2015
FILM, Fiction, 87 min.

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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.

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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

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