| Director: | Alexandros Avranas |
|---|---|
| Production: | Les films du Worso (Sylvie Pialat, Alejandro Arenas Azorin, Benoît Quainon), Elle Driver (Adeline Fontan Tessaur), Fox in the Snow Films (Olivier Guerpillon, Frida Hallberg), Senator Film Produktion (Reik Möller, Ulf Israel), Amrion (Riina Sildos), Playground (Kostas Sfakianakis), Asterisk (Vicky Miha), Making Movies (Kaarle Aho) |
| Running Time: | 99' |
| Language: | Russian, Swedish, English |
| Country: | France, Germany, Sweden, Greece, Estonia, Finland |
| Main Cast: | Chulpan Khamatova, Grigory Dobrygin, Naomi Lamp, Miroslava Pashutina, Eleni Roussinou |
| Screenplay: | Stavros Pamballis, Alexandros Avranas |
| Cinematographer: | Olympia Mytilinaiou |
| Editor: | Dounia Sichov |
| Production Designer: | Markku Pätilä |
| Costume Designer: | Jaanus Vahtra |
| Music: | Tuomas Kantelinen |
| Sound: | Kristjan Kurm, Kostas Varympopiotis, Persefoni Miliou |
| Visual Effects: | Kent Studio |
Cinema
Quiet life
Orizzonti
synopsis
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?
director's statement
Ever since I heard about Child Resignation Syndrome a few years ago, I’ve been obsessed with the phenomenon and the need to bring it to the screen. Millions of children are on the move, driven from their homes by war, poverty, or political repression, hoping for a decent life. But how can parents provide protection and stability for their children while knowing a reality that is anything but optimistic? This is what Sergei and Natalia face when their asylum is denied and their youngest daughter plunges into a state of Resignation Syndrome, a condition of despair affecting hundreds of children in Sweden alone. Is it possible to create something out of nothing just by trying hard enough? Is happiness, in the end, something that is ours to create? Quiet Life is about their struggle to restore hope and stability at all costs, about finding light out of an inhumane situation.
PRODUCTION/DISTRIBUTION
PRODUCTION 1: Les films du Worso - Sylvie Pialat, Alejandro Arenas Azorin, Benoît Quainon
38 Boulevard Raspail
75007, Paris, France
Tel. 33 145440770
production@worso.com
PRODUCTION 2: Elle Driver - Adeline Fontan Tessaur
44 rue Blanche
75009, Paris, France
Tel. 33 01 56 43 48 70
sales@elledriver.eu
PRODUCTION 3: Senator Film Produktion - Reik Möller, Ulf Israel
Michaelkirchstr. 17–18
10179, Berlin, Germany
Tel. 49 (0)30 880 91 700
info@senator.de
PRODUCTION 4: Fox in the Snow Films - Olivier Guerpillon, Frida Hallberg
Oxie Bygata 17
238 34, Oxie, Sweden
Tel. 46 709740097
frida@foxinthesnow.se; olivier@foxinthesnow.se
PRODUCTION 5: Amrion - Riina Sildos Nurme 45 11621 TALLINN, ESTONIA Tel. +372 6776363 info@amrion.ee
PRODUCTION 6: Playground Valtetsiou 15-15231 Athens Greece Tel.+306944971678
sfakianakiskostas@yahoo.com
PRODUCTION 7: Asterisk* - Vicky Miha
40, K. Paparrigopoulou Street
11474 ATHENS, GREECE
Tel. +30 21 0644 1747
vicky@asteriskfilm.gr; info@asteriskfilm.gr
PRODUCTION 8: Making Movies - Kaarle Aho Torkkelinkatu 3 00500 HELSINKI, FINLAND Tel. +358 40 725 3936 kaarle.aho@mamo.fi
www.mamo.fi
WORLD SALES: Elle Driver - Adeline Fontan Tessaur
44 rue Blanche
75009, Paris, France
Tel. 33 01 56 43 48 70
sales@elledriver.eu
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THE PR FACTORY
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