Fahrije’s husband has been missing since the war in Kosovo and her family is struggling financially. In order to provide for them she launches a small agricultural business, but in the traditional patriarchal village where she lives, her ambition and efforts to empower herself and other women are not seen as positive things. She struggles not only to keep her family afloat but also against a hostile community who is rooting for her to fail.
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize, audience award and directing award in the World Cinema section at the Sundance Film Festival.
Zgjoi
2021
14 years
84 min.
Fiction
Kosovo, Switzerland, North Macedonia, Albania
Kosovo, Switzerland, North Macedonia, Albania, family drama, feminism, international festivals, female directors, social portrait, awarded films
Colorido
Blerta Basholli
Blerta Basholli
Alex Bloom
Félix Sandri, Enis Saraçi
Yllka Gashi, Çun Lajçi, Aurita Agushi, Kumrije Hoxha, Adriana Matoshi, Molike Maxhuni
Yll Uka, Valon Bajgora, Agon Uka, Britta Rindelaub, Tomi Salkovski, Paskal Semini
Ikonë Studio, Industria Film, Alva Film Production, Black Cat Production, Albasky Film, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
Julien Painot
LevelK
45