Vera Dreams of the Sea
VERA ANDRRON DETIN
2021 • Films • Drama/Thriller/1 h 22 mins
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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 serenity is disrupted by her husband’s unexpected suicide followed by an unwelcome, menacing parade of relatives 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.
Director
Katrina Krasniqi
Country
Albania
Kosovo
North Macedonia
Language
Albanian
Details
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 serenity is disrupted by her husband’s unexpected suicide followed by an unwelcome, menacing parade of relatives 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.
Director
Katrina Krasniqi
Country
Albania
Kosovo
North Macedonia
Language
Albanian
Accolades
Best Film, Tokyo Grand Prix
Tokyo International Film Festival, 2021
Best Film Nominee, Venice Horizons Award
Venice Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection
Women Make Waves International Film Festival, 2022
Trivia
The film is loosely inspired by the story of the director’s own mother Vera, who unsuccessfully fought in courts to ensure her rights and inheritance after divorcing her husband.
Meet the Cast
Meet the Cast
Alketa Sylaj
Teuta Ajdini Jegeni
Directors
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