Watch: Make A Pledge With The New Trailer For 'Sworn Virgin' Starring Alba Rohrwacher

Cultural traditions, gender dynamics, and sexuality intersect in fascinating ways in Laura Bispuri's "Sworn Virgin." It's a film we saw on the festival circuit last year, and while it didn't make much of a wave, it's worth seeking this "tiny, understated and very authentic" film out. 

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Starring Alba Rohrwacher ("Hungry Hearts"), the story is set in rural Albania, where tradition requires that women, who already have few rights, unquestioningly submit to their men. However, a woman can escape this fate if she becomes a "burrnesh," but it requires becoming celibate, in addition to taking a man's name, and dressing as a man as well. Here's the official synopsis:

SWORN VIRGIN follows a young woman named Hana who lives in an Albanian village ruled by men. She takes an oath of eternal virginity to live as a “sworn...