Original Title: Gruaja e shtepise

English Title: Woman of the house

Current production phase Pre-production

Finished by:  July 2024

Budget: 791,000 €

Estimated Length: 90 min

Director: Fatos Berisha

Screenplay: Fatos Berisha

Producer:  Vjosa Berisha

ProductioN Company:  B2 Films

 

Short Synopsis

Marija, a 20-year-old woman from the North of Albania, is bought to become the wife of a 40-year-old Milan, a Serb from Kosovo. A ‘woman for the house’ who would give them children.

Marija doesn’t speak a word of Serbian. Her daily routine is house & land work. Village women ignore her, except Svetlana. Time passes & Milan starts to show affection to Marija, But, after a night of passionate lovemaking, she hears a gunshot and finds him dead in the yard next morning.

At the funeral, she is ignored by others. But, Marija decides to continue her life at the property. Milan’s relatives demand she must leave the house and go back to her parents. Svetlana comes to support her. She tells her about her drunkard husband & encourages her to fight for her rights in court. She tells her that Marija is now the ‘woman of the house.’

Next morning Milan’s relatives come shouting & banging at her front door. She suddenly opens the door with a gun at hand. The crowd steps back. After long suspense, Marija speaks with a low voice in Serbian: “I am woman of the house” & throws the gun.

Marija and Svetlana are at the local bus stop. Bus comes and they look at each other. Only Marija gets in the bus. They watch each other through bus window while bus leaves.

Marija touches her stomach softly while the bus gets into dusty road.

Producer’s Contact:

Vjosa Berisha

M: +38349506767 (viber and whatsapp)
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