Albania in the 1960s, the city of Gjirokastra. Katya, a graduate of the Philology Department of Moscow State University, marries an Albanian, a young historian whom she met in Moscow. Soon after Katya enters into a dialogue with the dictator Enver Hoxha at an art exhibition, her husband is arrested on trumped-up charges.
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Yuriy Arabov Director · Ismail Kadare Screenplay Arunas Baraznauskas Cinematographer
First release December 5, 2024 · Produced in Albania, Russia · Languages Albanian, Russian
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Albimage
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MKP Fortuna
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Albania · Russia
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Original title
Гирокастра
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Albanian · Russian
Release dates
Russia · December 5, 2024
Premiere · Zimny Film Festival
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Russia
June 30, 2025 · Premiere · Mirror Andrey Tarkovsky International Film Festival