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QUIET LIFE
QUIET LIFE

• Director: Alexandros Avranas
• FRANCE, GERMANY, SWEDEN, GREECE, ESTONIA, FINLAND / 2024 / DCP / Colour / 99’ / Russian, Swedish, English; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Stavros Pamballis, Alexandros Avranas
• Director of Photography: Olympia Mytilinaiou
• Editing: Dounia Sichov
• Music: Tuomas Kantelinen
• Cast: Chulpan Khamatova, Grigory Dobrygin, Naomi Lamp, Miroslava Pashutina, Eleni Roussinou
• Producer: Sylvie Pialat, Alejandro Arenas Azorin, Benoît Quainon, Adeline Fontan Tessaur, Olivier Guerpillon, Frida Hallberg, Reik Möller, Ulf Israel, Riina Sildos, Kostas Sfakianakis, Vicky Miha, Kaarle Aho
• Production Co.: Les films du Worso, Elle Driver, Fox in the Snow Films, Senator Film Produktion, Amrion, Playground, Asterisk, Making Movies
• World Sales: Elle Driver
• Turkish Rights: Sezz Film

Sweden, 2018. A mysterious syndrome affecting refugee children is sparking concerns among doctors and politicians. When young Katja collapses and falls into a coma, her parents Sergei and Natalia are faced with a moral dilemma. Can they summon hope to save their daughters as their asylum application to Sweden is rejected? The film premiered at Venice Film Festival’s Orizzonti section. Alexandros Avranas, whose previous films Miss Violence and Love Me Not were screened at the festival, was inspired for Quiet Life ’ever since I heard about Child Resignation Syndrome a few years ago.’ This is a condition of despair affecting hundreds of children on the move, driven from their homes.

* In accordance with Article 7 of the Law No. 5224 amended on 18.01.2019, cinema films that have not been reviewed and classified can only be screened in festivals, special screenings and similar cultural and artistic events with an 18+ age restriction.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.