I am Burrnesha. The last sworn virgins of Albania
I am Burrnesha. The last sworn virgins of Albania
I am Burrnesha. The last sworn virgins of Albania Free Online HD YesMovies. Patriarchal times in northern Albania gave birth to a phenomenon - the replacement of the man at the head of the household by a woman. These are masculine times, in which the woman is only tasked with taking care of the household and raising the children. But, locked in these social roles, girls emerge, ready to abandon their female identity and follow the path of honor. They want to be respected women with the power of a man, not for themselves, but for others. They give up marriage and sexual relations. They choose to live as men. The fall of the regime opened the country to the modern world, but neither communism nor the emerging democracy succeeded in changing the age-old traditions in the isolated mountainous regions of Albania. In the Cursed Mountains, to the north, the last sworn virgins in Europe today live a man`s life.
- Genre: Documentary
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- Director: Radiana Bozhikova
- Cast: Vasil Binev,
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