Country: Sweden
Year: 2024
Duration: 106'
Lia, a retired teacher in Georgia, has promised her dying sister to track down her transgender daughter, who has disappeared in Turkey. Her search brings her to Istanbul, a city where “people go to disappear”, as Lia herself notes. Here, she comes in contact with an unknown world that fascinates her, even while it repels her. Lia begins to think that her niece has disappeared voluntarily …
A courageous, and powerful portrait of women, that examines the theme of acceptance in incredibly difficult contexts. The movie was awarded the jury prize at the Teddy Awards in 2024.
Biography
film director
Levan Akin
Levian Akin was born in 1979 in Sweden to Georgian parents. After working for the SVT network as a production assistant on TV series, he made his debut as a director in 2008 with the short film De sista sakerna (2015). His first feature film, Katinkas kalas (2011), was presented at the Tribeca Film Festival. The subsequent And Then We Danced (2019) brought him international fame and his latest film, Crossing, was previewed at the 74th Berlin Film Festival.
Cast
& Credits
Sceneggiatura/Screenplay Levan Akin
Montaggio/Editing Emma Lagrelius, Levan Akin
Fotografia/Photography Lisabi Fridell
Scenografia/Production Design Roger Rosenberg
Suono/Sound Sigrid Aalbæk Jensen, Mustafa Bölükbaşı, Irakli Ivanishvili, Anne Gry Friis Kristensen
Interpreti/Cast Mzia Arabuli, Lucas Kankava, Deniz Dumanlı, Nino Karchava, Levan Bochorishvili, Nino Tedoradze, Giga Shavadze
Produttore/Producer Mathilde Dedye
Produzione/Production French Quarter Film, Adomeit Film, Easy Riders Films, 1991 Productions, Bir Film, SVT, RMV Film
Distribuzione/Distribution Lucky Red
Vendite internazionali/World Sales Totem Films
Montaggio/Editing Emma Lagrelius, Levan Akin
Fotografia/Photography Lisabi Fridell
Scenografia/Production Design Roger Rosenberg
Suono/Sound Sigrid Aalbæk Jensen, Mustafa Bölükbaşı, Irakli Ivanishvili, Anne Gry Friis Kristensen
Interpreti/Cast Mzia Arabuli, Lucas Kankava, Deniz Dumanlı, Nino Karchava, Levan Bochorishvili, Nino Tedoradze, Giga Shavadze
Produttore/Producer Mathilde Dedye
Produzione/Production French Quarter Film, Adomeit Film, Easy Riders Films, 1991 Productions, Bir Film, SVT, RMV Film
Distribuzione/Distribution Lucky Red
Vendite internazionali/World Sales Totem Films
