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Original name: Orizzonti
English name: Quiet Life
Year: 2024
Run time: 99 minutes
Language: English, Russian, Swedish
Type (Colour/ Black & white): Colour
Country: Greece, Sweden, France, Germany, Finland, Estonia
Director: Alexandros Avranas
Producer: Sylvie Pialat, Alejandro Arenas Azorin, Benoît Quainon
Cast: Chulpan Khamatova, Naomi Lamp, Miroslava Pashutina, Eleni Roussinou
Screenplay: Stavros Pamballis, Alexandros Avranas
Cinematographer: Olympia Mytilinaiou
Editor: Dounia Sichov
Sound Designer: Kristjan Kurm, Kostas Varympopiotis, Persefoni Miliou
Music Composer: Tuomas Kantelinen
Costume Designer: Jaanus Vahtra
Production Designer: Markku Pätilä
Production Company: Les Films du Worso
World Sales: Elle Driver
Alexandros Avranas was born in Larissa in 1977. He studied at U.d.K Berlin. After directing several short films, art pieces and documentaries, his first feature film, Without, won 7 awards in the National Section of the 49th Thessaloniki International Film Festival. His next film, Miss Violence, received the Silver Lion for Best Director, the Coppa Volpi for Best Actor and 3 collateral awards, at the 70th Venice International Film Festival. The film went on to win 12 international awards including Best Script at the Stockholm International Film Festival. His most recent film, Love Me Not, premiered in competition at the 65th San Sebastián Film Festival. Alexandros also directs works for the stage, with his most recent play premiering at the National Theater of Greece.
Sweden, 2018. A mysterious syndrome affecting refugee children is sparking concerns among doctors and politicians. Sergei and Natalia have been forced to flee from their native country after an attack that almost took Sergei’s life. They have settled with their two young daughters in Sweden, waiting for the Migration Board to decide on their Asylum Application. They try their best to lead a normal life. They work hard, send their kids to Swedish school, learn the language, submitting themselves to regular inspections from the authorities and hoping that one day, they will be Swedish citizens. But when their asylum application is rejected, Katja, their youngest daughter collapses and falls into a mysterious coma. Faced with a moral dilemma, Sergei and Natalia’s resilience will be tested. Can they summon hope to save their daughters?
