The Albanian Virgin
7.5
Albania, 1958. Luana, the daughter of a well respected man in the village, makes friends with Agim, who moved here after his family were banned from the city by the communists. Years later, their childhood friendship turns into teenage love, but without prospects. Luana’s father promised her in marriage to someone else when she was a child. When her father finds out about Luana and Agim’s love, he is furious and immediately arranges for his daughter to be married to the man he chose for her. Luana faces a dilemma: to flee with her lover to Germany, risking being caught by the communists and probably killed, or stay loyal to her family. A poignant love story set in dark times shaped by pressure from old traditions. A deeply human tale about freedom, which is the greatest good even if the price is loneliness.
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Cast
20 people
Rina Krasniqi
Luana
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Shkurte Sylejmani
Luana (14)
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Gresa Pallaska
Bora
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Kasem Hoxha
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Bujar Alimani Director · Katja Kittendorf Writer Olaf Didolff Composer
First release October 8, 2021 · Produced in Albania, Belgium, Germany, Kosovo · Production ZDF/Arte, Potemkino Port
Production
Elsani Film
Production
ZDF/Arte
Production
Potemkino Port
Production
90 Production
Production
Mollywood
Production
Circle Production
Production
Albania · Belgium · Germany · Kosovo
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Languages
Original title
Virgjëresha shqiptare
Original language
Albanian
Spoken on screen
Albanian
Release dates
Poland · October 8, 2021
Premiere
Germany · February 9, 2023
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
December 19, 2024 · TV · ARTE
Germany
July 21, 2023 · Digital
July 28, 2023 · Physical
Netherlands
November 9, 2023 · Theatrical
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