Mirka

Mirka (2000)

The isolated lives of people on a farm at the top of the mountains are changed by a ten-year-old child named Mirka.

Date of release
2000-03-10
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 47m
Genres
Drama
Director
Mohamed Rachid Benhadj

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Italy

Mirka is a 2000 drama film starring Vanessa Redgrave and Gérard Depardieu. The international co-production was written and directed by Algerian-born filmmaker Rachid Benhadj. Although countries are unnamed, several publications make reference to the film as a document of Bosnian Genocide. It was released in Italy on 10 March 2000 and received its international premiere at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival on 21 November 2005.

Production

The Italian-French-Spanish co-production was shot in 1999 in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.

The director, Rachid Benhadj cast his son, Karim in the titular role. The film also received funding from the Italian government and the Euroimages Fund of the Council of Europe.

Benhadj described his reasoning for the narrative, "History repeats itself against women. They are victims of violence and rape in war and in emergency situations".

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