21 August 2014

Three Windows and a Hanging



Isa Qosja : 2014
Tri dritare dhe një varje

In a traditional village in Kosovo, a year after the war when people are rebuilding their lives, the female school teacher Lushe is driven by her inner conscience to give an interview to an international journalist, telling her that she and three other women from the village were raped by Serbian forces. As soon as the village men realise that it was her who spoke to the journalist, they start a hate campaign against Lushe and her little boy, asking her to leave the village. An insightful portrait of a Balkan village, of a patriarchal microcosm, and of its mayor who desperately wants to control the village life. A reflection of rituals which not only show gender inequality, but also the absence of freedom of expression within the male community. Isa Qosja's feature was winner of the Cineuropa Prize when it premiered in competition at Sarajevo Film Festival 2014.

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