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The Stork

2024 · 97 min

A quiet, bittersweet village drama where stubborn women push back against old customs, laced with wry humour and a touch of superstition.

Tagline
One widow, two wives, three families and a stork.
Overview
A sleepy Montenegrin village, where most of the natives have emigrated to the US, is the setting for a bitter-sweet tale of three women fighting for autonomy. Suta resists pressure to marry her late husband’s autistic twin, Vezire and Drane must learn to coexist as their mutual husband plans to leave, and Fize tries to find a bride for her son. A stork’s arrival troubles the superstitious villagers.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • gender
  • family
  • isolation
  • trauma
  • freedom
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour4
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Isa Qosja
Written by
Isa Qosja
Starring
Shkumbin Istrefi, Arta Dobroshi, Flonja Kodheli, Donat Qosja, Doresa Rexha, Arben Bajraktaraj, Mirush Kabashi, Kumrije Hoxha
Cinematography
Gökhan Tiryaki
Runtime
97 min
Country
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro
Languages
Albanian

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