
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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the European Film Award for Best Supporting Actress (1991)
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Setting
Set in Yugoslavia
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Music
Music by Zoran Simjanović
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Srđan KaranovićWriter
- Original title
- Вирџина
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 5, 1991
- Original language
- Serbian
- Countries
- France, Yugoslavia
























