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Die Schwestern Kokollari . director Angela Freiberg, Ralph Mann
11/05/2006, at 08:00 PM
director Angela Freiberg, Ralph Mann
country Germany
duration 40 minutes
media MiniDV
color Color
language OF
cinematography Nina Werth
editor Angela Freiberg, Ralph Mann
music Ralph Mann, Rainer Michel, Ralf Sommer
director Angela Freiberg, Ralph Mann
country Germany
duration 40 minutes
media MiniDV
color Color
language OF
cinematography Nina Werth
editor Angela Freiberg, Ralph Mann
music Ralph Mann, Rainer Michel, Ralf Sommer

synopsis
This forty-minute documentary deals with the thoughts and feelings of teenage Albanian girls who live and go to school in Offenbach, Germany, but regularly return to their homeland, Kosovo, during vacations. The camera follows three sisters - Nagjije (15), Nazmije (16) und Bege (17) ? on one such summer vacation trip. Bege has reached marrying age, and although she?s not sure she?s ready yet, any future husband would have to be Albanian. But none of the girls would want to live in Kosovo permanently. The film masterfully illustrates the conflicts between maintaining one?s cultural roots and the pressure of conforming to the modern world.




