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In northern Albania, families having lost a father and son can raise a daughter as a man. Some of these “sworn virgins” themselves chose this masculine status. The stories of Haki, Shkurtan, Sokol, Aïshe and Sanie tell us more than just the transgressions of sex and gender. They resemble mythologies. They take us deep into an “middle-ground” world, where we can put a finger on that ever-elusive point where the feminine and masculine meet. They tell an archaic tale of our “emancipations” and the power play between the sexes.

France / Belgium - 2004 - 55 mn - HD - Colour

Director Agnès Bert Camera Renaat Lambeets Sound Willem Van Nieuwenhuyzen Editing Maureen Mazurek

Production Alamagordo Films, 8, rue de Choiseul, 75002 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4244 1644 Fax : +33 (0)1 4244 1642 Co-Production France 3 Lorraine-Champagne-Ardenne, Périscope Productions

Sales Alamagordo Films, 8, rue de Choiseul, 75002 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4244 1644 Fax : +33 (0)1 4244 1642