The read
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
In a traditional village in Kosova, a year after the war (2000) when people are rebuilding their lives, the female school teacher Lushe is driven by her inner conscience to give an interview to an international journalist, telling her that she and three other women from the village were raped by Serbian forces. A critical view of a society which survived the war, won its independence but still struggles with human equality. An insightful portrait of a Balkan village, of a patriarchal microcosm, and of its mayor who desperately wants to control the village life. Of husbands who feel forced to behave strong, but act against their own emotional interest. A reflection of rituals which not only show gender inequality, but also the absence of freedom of expression within the male community.
Ratings
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Isa QosjaDirector
- Zymber KelmendiWriter
Cast
- Irena CahaniLushe
- Luan JahaUka
- Donat QosjaSokol
- Xhevat QorrajAlush
- Leonora MehmetajNifa
- Doresa RexhaDrita
- Mirjana KaranovićThe journalist
- Lyra XhociThe interpreter 1
- Sindi CitakuThe interpreter 2