VERA DREAMS OF THE SEA
synopsis
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 serene life is disrupted by her husband’s suicide followed by an unwelcome, menacing parade of men 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. The film is an intimate yet universal portrait of a woman, who has to face the raw reality of going against the deep-seated gender issues of our times.
international title: | Vera Dreams of the Sea |
original title: | Vera andrron detin |
country: | Kosovo, North Macedonia, Albania |
sales agent: | Heretic Outreach |
year: | 2021 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Kaltrina Krasniqi |
film run: | 87' |
screenplay: | Doruntina Basha |
cast: | Teuta Ajdini Jegeni, Alketa Sylaj, Astrit Kabashi, Refet Abazi, Arona Zyberi |
cinematography by: | Sevdije Kastrati |
film editing: | Vladimir Pavlovski, Kaltrina Krasniqi |
art director: | Burim Arifi, Blendina Xhema |
costumes designer: | Albulena Borovci |
music: | Petrit Çeku, Genc Salihu |
producer: | Shkumbin Istrefi, Antov Ognen, Dionis Papadhimitri |
production: | ISSTRA Creative Factory, Dream Factory Macedonia, Papadhimitri Production, Vera Film [XK] |