Virgina (1991)

overview : "Virgina" tells a tale from the 19th century Serbian village near the Adriatic Sea. Because of the extreme patriarchal culture there is a superstition that families without male heirs are cursed. When the wife gives birth to their fourth daughter, father decides that the child will become a so-called "Virgina" and that she will live as a man.

Release Date : Apr 05, 1991

Runtime : 1h 41m

Genre : Drama  

Companies : Hachette Première, Constellation Productions, Centar film

Countries : France, Yugoslavia

Keywords : bosnia and herzegovina, patriarchy