Quiet Life

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Quiet Life

2024

1h 39m

Drama

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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?

Namrata Joshi

The New Indian Express

A family on screen that feels like a real family, in both happiness and despair.

Sep 20, 2024

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Philip De Semlyen

Time Out

Quiet Life plays effectively on that deep seated parental fear: of not being able to protect your children or, worse, infecting them with your anxiety and uncertainty.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 5, 2024

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Randy Meeks

Espinof

...'Quiet Life' addresses important issues from an overwhelmingly serious and thoughtful perspective...it's a work of art that we should treasure. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

Apr 7, 2025

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Javier Ocaña

El Pais (Spain)

...Quiet Life is harsh, complex, and, especially in its final stretch, has a tone that tends toward the absurd...[Full review in Spanish]

Apr 5, 2025

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Manu Yáñez

Fotogramas

...[Alexandros] Avranas crafts a grim odyssey halfway between Kafkaesque dystopia and absurdist philosophy. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

Apr 4, 2025

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Sara Heredia

Sensacine

...director Alexandros Avranas unravels an unbearable drama that, without straying from its genre, transmits an unbearable unease to the viewer. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

Apr 4, 2025

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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: Alexandros Avranas
Producer: Alejandro Arenas, Adeline Fontan Tessaur, Sylvie Pialat, Benoît Quainon
Screenwriter: Alexandros Avranas, Stavros Pamballis
Production Co: Snowglobe Films, Elle Driver, Les Films du Worso, arte France Cinéma
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Russian
Runtime: 1h 39m