Completed - ALBANIAN - Drama - 87 minutes
Vera, a middle-aged woman, is forced to face the raw reality of the deeply-seated gender issues when, after her husband’s suicide, the tendrils of an underworld scheme begin to surface.
Year of production : 2021 Director(s) : Kaltrina KRASNIQI Writer(s) : Doruntina BASHA Cast : Teuta AJDINI JEGENI , Alketa SYLAJ , Astrit KABASHI , Refet ABAZI Producer(s) : Istrefi SHKUMBIN (Isstra Creative Factory), Ognen ANTOV (Dream Factory ), Klajdi PAPADHIMITRI (Papadhimitri Film Production ), Kaltrina KRASNIQI (Vera Films)
Vera is a middle-aged sign language interpreter, who leads a well-structured life: a wife to a renowned judge, a supportive mother, and a caring grandmother. Her serenity is disrupted by her husband's unexpected suicide followed by an unwelcome, menacing parade of relatives who claim to have ownership over their village family house. When the tendrils of an underworld scheme begin to surface, Vera’s world will face danger and seem ready to collapse. Fear and mistrust will force Vera to take the family’s fate into her own hands.Steeped into an ominous atmosphere, VERA DREAMS OF THE SEA is an intimate yet universal portrait of a woman, who must face the raw reality of going against the deeply seated gender issues that prevail in our times.
Country(ies) : KOSOVO, NORTH MACEDONIA, ALBANIA
Venice - Biennale 2021 (Orizzonti)