THE Co-produced by ERT will visit festivals under his international name “Quiet Life» comes 7 years after the last work of the talented Greek director.
It drives us Sweden in 2018one time Mysterious syndrome affects refugee children causes concern of doctors and politicians. about Abandonment syndrome This, for some inexplicable reason, especially in Sweden, prevents the host children from receiving food and reacting as if they were in a coma.
His parents, Sergey and Natalya, were forced to leave their hometown after an attack that nearly killed the former. They have settled in Sweden with their two young daughters and are awaiting the decision of the Migration Board on their application for political asylum. They just want to live a normal life and adapt to their new life by working hard, learning the language and sending their children to a Swedish school, and they are regularly checked by the authorities. They hope to one day become citizens of Sweden, for them this country is the promised land. But is it? When their asylum application is rejected, their youngest daughter, Katia, collapses and falls into a mysterious coma, leaving the entire family in a moral dilemma. Will everyone survive this test as a family? Is there a way to save his daughters?
The director wanted to explore Uppgivenhetssyndrome (Child withdrawal syndrome) from the moment it became known to him. “…A few years ago, I became addicted to the phenomenon that I need to present on the (personal) big screen. Millions of children find mobility (depending on circumstances), driven from their homes by war, poverty or political oppression, hoping for a decent life.
But how can parents provide protection and stability to their children when they know they are living in a reality that is anything but optimistic? That’s what Sergey and Natalya face when their asylum application is rejected and their youngest daughter falls into Resignation Syndrome, a stage of despair that affects hundreds of children in Sweden alone. It is possible to create something from nothing with just enough effort; After all, is happiness something we can create? This film is about their struggle to restore hope and stability at any cost “they will find light” in an inhuman condition”.
AAlexander Avranas In 2008, he broke into cinema Thessaloniki festival with original story film “Without”. To whom “Miss Violence” finds global distribution and is selected at the Venice festival. Sta “Dark Crimes” completes Jim Carrey’s final film before his first retirement from the film industry. The “Don’t Love Me” shocks the San Sebastian festival audience with its violence and brutality. The “Quiet Life” he is already represented by an international sales company, and after the Venice Festival his festival path is almost predetermined.