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Virgina (1991)

Virgina (1991)

Drama
Release Date: 1991, April 5
Directors: Srđan Karanović
Countries: France, Yugoslavia
Production: Hachette Première, Hachette Première, Constellation Productions, Constellation Productions, Centar film, Centar film
Cast: Mirko Vlahović, Slobodan Milovanović, Matija Prskalo, Marta Keler, Miodrag Krivokapić, Ina Gogálová, Nada Gaćešić-Livaković, Vjenceslav Kapural, Andrijana Videnović, Igor Bjelan, Sladjana Bebic

Overview:

"Virgina" tells a tale from the 19th century Serbian village near the Adriatic Sea. Because of the extreme patriarchal culture there is a superstition that families without male heirs are cursed. When the wife gives birth to their fourth daughter, father decides that the child will become a so-called "Virgina" and that she will live as a man.

Keywords:

patriarchy bosnia and herzegovina