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Quiet Life

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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?

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Namrata Joshi The New Indian Express A family on screen that feels like a real family, in both happiness and despair. Sep 20, 2024 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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
Alexandros Avranas
Producer
Alejandro Arenas, Adeline Fontan Tessaur, Sylvie Pialat, Benoît Quainon
Screenwriter
Alexandros Avranas, Stavros Pamballis
Production Co
Snowglobe Films, arte France Cinéma, Elle Driver, Les Films du Worso
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Russian
Runtime
1h 39m