Quiet Life

Synopsis

Sweden, 2018. A mysterious syndrome affecting refugee children causes concern among doctors and politicians. Sergei and Natalia have been forced to flee their homeland after an attack that nearly killed Sergei. They have settled in Sweden with their two young daughters, waiting for the Migration Agency’s decision on their residence permit. They do their best to live a normal life. They work hard, send their children to a Swedish school, learn the language, submit to regular inspections from the authorities, and hope to one day become Swedish citizens. But when their application is rejected, their youngest daughter Katia collapses into a mysterious coma. Faced with a moral dilemma, their resilience is put to the test. Can they summon enough hope to save their daughters?

Production Facts

Directed by Alexandros Avranas, with script by Stavros Pamballis and Alexandros Avranas.

The leading roles are played by Chulpan Khamatova, Grigory Dobrygin, Naomi Lamp, Miroslava Pashutina, and Eleni Roussinou. Among the Swedish actors are Lena Endre, Johannes Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Anna Bjelkerud, Alicia Eriksson, and Sofia Pekkari.

Produced by Les Films du Worso Production (Alexandros Avranas, Stavros Pamballis) in co-production with Fox in the Snow (Olivier Guerpillon, Frida Hallberg), Film i Väst, Elle Driver, Senator Film Produktion, Amrion, Playground, Asterisk*, Making Movies, ARTE France Cinema, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Ert, Faliro House, Exile Content, Sezzfilm, Fink Film, and Three Brothers, with support from Eurimages, Film Estonia, Finnish Film Foundation, Swedish Film Institute, Région Île-de-France, Creative Europe Media Programme – Media of the European Union, Estonian Film Institute, Greek Film Centre, Ekome, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, ARTE, TRT, and Yle.

Parts of the film were shot in Region Västra Götaland, Estonia, and Finland. Swedish distribution: TriArt Film.