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Jovana Blanuša
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Nevena Savić, Bogdan Španjević
Genre:
Drama (Drama)
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Logline:
In a remote Montenegrin village, a dying patriarch shaped by the ancient tradition of the virdžina summons the nephew he believes will inherit his ancestral land. Instead, Mila, a trans woman from Berlin, arrives. Their encounter becomes a collision between tradition and choice, in a story about sons, carried by daughters.
Synopsis:
At the end of his life, Milivoje (85) lives alone on his family's ancestral estate in a remote mountain village in Montenegro, clinging to a disappearing world. His life has been defined by the Balkan tradition of the virdžina: when a family had no male heir, a daughter was declared a man to preserve the family name and inherit its land. As the village gives way to investors building a luxury ski resort, Milivoje alone refuses to sell. To him the land is not property but the family's identity, and only a man can inherit it. Knowing he is running out of time, he summons his relatives from Belgrade, expecting their son Stefan to become his heir. Instead, Mila (24) arrives from Berlin. Formerly known as Stefan, she is a trans woman: intelligent, witty and quietly vulnerable, she embodies everything Milivoje rejects. When construction of the new ski resort cuts off the village's only road, Mila and Milivoje are trapped together, clashing over identity, family, faith and inheritance while investors grow determined to force him off his land. After Milivoje suffers a heart attack, Mila uncovers the secret he has hidden all his life: he is the last virdžina, born a woman and forced to live as a man to preserve the family line. What begins as mutual rejection becomes mutual recognition. Before dying, Milivoje entrusts the estate to Mila, bringing an end to a tradition built on sacrifice.
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Jovana Blanuša
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Nevena Savić, Bogdan Španjević
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Drama (Drama)
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Logline:
U zabačenom crnogorskom selu, patrijarh na samrti, oblikovan drevnom tradicijom virdžine, poziva sinovca za kojeg vjeruje da će naslijediti djedovinu. Umjesto njega stiže Mila, trans žena iz Berlina. Njihov susret postaje sudar tradicije i izbora, u priči o sinovima koju nose kćeri.
SInopsis:
Na kraju života, Milivoje (85) živi sam na porodičnoj djedovini u zabačenom planinskom selu u Crnoj Gori, držeći se svijeta koji nestaje. Njegov život odredila je balkanska tradicija virdžine: kada porodica nije imala muškog nasljednika, kćerka bi bila proglašena muškarcem da bi sačuvala porodično ime i naslijedila zemlju. Dok selo ustupa mjesto investitorima koji grade luksuzni ski-centar, Milivoje jedini odbija da proda. Za njega zemlja nije imovina nego identitet porodice, a naslijediti je može samo muškarac. Znajući da mu vrijeme ističe, poziva rodbinu iz Beograda, očekujući da njihov sin Stefan postane njegov nasljednik. Umjesto njega, iz Berlina stiže Mila (24). Nekada poznata kao Stefan, ona je trans žena: inteligentna, duhovita i tiho ranjiva, oličenje svega što Milivoje odbacuje. Kada gradnja novog ski-centra presiječe jedini put do sela, Mila i Milivoje ostaju zarobljeni zajedno i sukobljavaju se oko identiteta, porodice, vjere i nasljedstva, dok investitori sve odlučnije pokušavaju da ga otjeraju sa zemlje. Nakon što Milivoje doživi srčani udar, Mila otkriva tajnu koju je cijeli život krio: on je posljednja virdžina, rođen kao žena i primoran da živi kao muškarac da bi sačuvao lozu. Ono što počinje kao međusobno odbacivanje postaje međusobno prepoznavanje. Prije smrti, Milivoje imanje povjerava Mili i time okončava tradiciju sazdanu na žrtvi.