Hive
Fahrije’s husband has been missing since the war in Kosovo. She sets up her own small business to provide for her kids, but as she fights against a patriarchal society that does not support her, she faces a crucial decision: to wait for his return, or to continue to persevere.
2021Rating: M, Adult themes84 minsAlbania, Macedonia, Switzerland, KosovoIkone Studio
Drama
Hive | Awards
Grandy Jury Prize, Audience Award and Directing Award (in the World Cinema Dramatic category) at Sundance Film Festival 2021.
Hive | Reviews
100%73 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® Score
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Hollywood Reporter
Hive builds a strong storyline around the self-reliance and determination of an uneducated country woman, played with glammed-down but riveting cool by a granite-faced Yllka Gashi.
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Slant Magazine
A layer of ambivalence facilitates our identification with Fahrije but also makes her a distinct character and not just an archetype.
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A.V. Club
What Basholli has made is a thoughtful, humanistic exploration of the fortitude needed to summon hope in a time and place resigned to hopelessness.
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The New York Times
"Hive" seizes and holds your interest simply through the drama created by sympathetic characters trying to surmount awful, unfair hurdles.
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The New Yorker
Somewhere behind "Hive," I think, you can hear the far-off cry of Euripides' "The Trojan Women"...
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RogerEbert.com
Though it doesn't break new ground, Hive still reminds one how urgently significant it is to honor the unique fighting spirit of women.
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Los Angeles Times
It's based on a true story of feminist defiance and healing that counts as one of the more affecting tales of recovery to come from the conflict...
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Hive | Release Details
Hive is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV and Academy On Demand and AroVision.