Synopse
A powerful film portraying the dramatic dilemma of a Russian refugee family – and a syndrome which makes children withdraw into apathy. Sergei and Natalia fled with their two daughters from Russia to Sweden and hope to get recognized as refugees. Katja, the younger daughter, is the only one who witnessed the treatment her father suffered. But her parents don’t think she will be able to deal with the questioning by the immigration authorities. When their application for asylum is rejected, Katja falls into a coma. Sergei and Natalia try everything to bring their daughter back to life. And at the same time try and find a way to stay in Sweden.
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ALEXANDROS AVRANAS (*1977 in Greece) studied at the Berlin University of the Arts and won the Silver Lion for Best Direction at Venice in 2013 for Miss Violence, which was shown in 2014 at FILMFEST HAMBURG. Quiet Life had its premiere at Venice in the Orizzonti section.
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Info
Original Title: Quiet Life
International Title: Quiet Life
Category: Feature
Section: Kaleidoscope
Version & Subtitles: English, Russian, Swedish OV with English subtitles
Director: Alexandros Avranas
Screenplay: Alexandros Avranas & Stavros Pamballis
Cast/Protagonists: Chulpan Khamatova, Grigory Dobrygin, Naomi Lamp, Miroslava Pashutina, Eleni Roussinou, Johannes Bah Kuhnke
Production country: France, Sweden, Greece, Estonia, Germany, Finland
Year of Production: 2024
Length: 98 min
Producer: Reik Möller, Ulf Israel, Alejandro Arenas Azorín, Adeline Fontan Tessaur, Benoît Quainon, Sylvie Pialat, Riina Sildos, Olivier Guerpillon, Frida Hallberg, Kostas Sfakianakis, Vicky Miha, Kaarle Aho, Kai Nordberg
Production company: Senator Filmproduktion
Cinematography: Olympia Mytilinaiou
Sound: Persefoni Miliou, Kristjan Kurm, Kostas Varympopiotis
Editor: Dounia Sichov
Music: Tuomas Kantelinen
Production Design: Markku Pätilä
Costume Design: Jaanus Vahtra
Casting: Piret Toomvap-Schönberg, Moa Olsson, Svante Åhman
co-production company: Les Films du Worso
World Sales: Elle Driver
Distributor: Christoph Liedtke, Wild Bunch Germany
