This movie based on a book by Elvira Dones depicts a society with very strict rules for its women. They don't have rights to take any decisions and have to live under the restrictive rules of the patriarchal society. However, there is a provision, to avoid living under male guardianship, women can vow to remain a virgin forever and live as a man. This story follows one such woman who decided to live as a man. She today lives as Mark in the mountain village, alone, without any social contacts and without any sense of belonging even after spending her whole life there. Mark decides to visit his sister, who long back ran away from the village long back and today lives with her husband and teen-aged daughter in Milan. Witnessing a society where women are given freedom to do everything and live with independence, Mark undergoes a journey of recounting the instances in her teenage that prompted her to live as a man. The movie is the journey Mark takes to find and accept her femininity.
Review of Sworn Virgin
