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Gjirokastra

2024 · 144 min

A slow, oppressive plunge into paranoia and political dread, watching a life quietly dismantled by an unpredictable regime.

Directed by
Yuriy Arabov
Genres
Drama
Starring
Besmir Bitraku, Polina Grishina, Loredana Gjeci
Overview
Albania in the 1960s, the city of Gjirokastra. Katya, a graduate of the Philology Department of Moscow State University, marries an Albanian, a young historian whom she met in Moscow. Soon after Katya enters into a dialogue with the dictator Enver Hoxha at an art exhibition, her husband is arrested on trumped-up charges.

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Directed by
Yuriy Arabov
Genres
Drama
Starring
Besmir Bitraku, Polina Grishina, Loredana Gjeci
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • power
  • isolation
  • betrayal
  • freedom
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Yuriy Arabov
Written by
Ismail Kadare, Yuriy Arabov
Starring
Besmir Bitraku, Polina Grishina, Loredana Gjeci, Muzafer Zifla
Cinematography
Arunas Baraznauskas
Runtime
144 min
Country
Albania, Russia
Languages
Albanian, Russian

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