Quiet Life (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Quiet Life

| native_name =

| image =

| caption =

| director = Alexandros Avranas

| writer = {{Plainlist|

Stavros Pamballis
Alexandros Avranas

}}

| producer =

| based_on =

| starring = {{Plainlist|

Chulpan Khamatova
Grigoriy Dobrygin
Naomi Lamp
Miroslava Pashutina
Eleni Roussinou

}}

| cinematography = Olympia Mytilinaiou

| editing = Dounia Sichov

| music = Tuomas Kantelinen

| production_companies = Les Films du Worso

| distributor = Elle Driver

| released = {{Film date|2024|8|29|Venice|df=yes}}

| runtime = 99 minutes

| country = {{Plainlist|

France
Germany
Sweden
Estonia
Greece
Finland

}}

| language = {{Plainlist|

Russian
Swedish
English

}}

Quiet Life is a 2024 drama film directed by Alexandros Avranas. It stars Chulpan Khamatova, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Naomi Lamp, and Miroslava Pashutina as a refugee family dealing with the effects of resignation syndrome. It premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on 29 August 2024.

Premise

In 2018, Natalia, Sergei, and their two daughters, Alina and Katja, are living in Sweden, having fled their native Russia. After their asylum application is rejected, Katja falls into a mysterious coma caused by resignation syndrome.

Cast

Chulpan Khamatova as Natalia
Grigoriy Dobrygin as Sergei
Naomi Lamp as Alina
Miroslava Pashutina as Katja
Eleni Roussinou as Adriana

Production

Director Alexandros Avranas was inspired to create the film after reading an article about resignation syndrome in The New Yorker. For his research, he met with Dr. Elisabeth Hultcrantz and Dr. Karl Sallin, leading experts of the condition.{{cite web |title=QUIET LIFE - Press Kit |url=https://www.elledriver.fr/sites/default/files/pdf/QUIET%20LIFE%20-%20Press%20Kit.pdf |website=Elle Driver |access-date=26 August 2024 |archive-date=26 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826134444/https://www.elledriver.fr/sites/default/files/pdf/QUIET%20LIFE%20-%20Press%20Kit.pdf |url-status=live }} Filming began in 2018.{{cite web |title=Chulpan Khamatova and the 'Quiet Life' at the Venice Film Fest |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/09/02/chulpan-khamatova-and-the-quiet-life-at-the-venice-film-fest-a86225 |website=The Moscow Times |access-date=3 September 2024 |date=2 September 2024 |archive-date=3 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903023020/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/09/02/chulpan-khamatova-and-the-quiet-life-at-the-venice-film-fest-a86225 |url-status=live }}

Release

A clip from the film was released on 20 August 2024.{{cite web |last1=Lavallée |first1=Eric |title=Exclusive Clip: The Kids Aren't All Right in Alexandros Avranas 'Quiet Life' |url=https://www.ioncinema.com/news/foreign-film-news/alexandros-avranas-quiet-life |website=IonCinema |access-date=26 August 2024 |date=20 August 2024}} It premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on 29 August 2024 as part of the Orizzonti competition.{{cite web |last1=Vivarelli |first1=Nick |last2=Shafer |first2=Ellise |title=Venice Film Festival Lineup: 'Joker 2' With Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, Angelina Jolie's 'Maria' and Luca Guadagnino's Daniel Craig-Led 'Queer' to Debut in Competition |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/festivals/venice-film-festival-lineup-2024-1236079828/ |website=Variety |access-date=26 August 2024 |date=23 July 2024 |archive-date=23 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723094540/https://variety.com/2024/film/festivals/venice-film-festival-lineup-2024-1236079828/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Aricò |first1=Giacomo |title=Festival di Venezia 2024, il programma definitivo: film, date e star più attese dell'81esima edizione |url=https://www.vogue.it/article/festival-di-venezia-2024-film-ospiti-programma-date |website=Vogue Italia |access-date=26 August 2024 |language=it |date=2 August 2024 |archive-date=27 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927045926/https://www.vogue.it/article/festival-di-venezia-2024-film-ospiti-programma-date |url-status=live }}

Reception

Marc van de Klashorst of the International Cinephile Society gave the film three-and-a-half out of five stars and called it "a film that keeps its audience at arm's length, but also one that makes its message resonate and shows that humanity in the end conquers all."{{cite web |last1=van de Klashorst |first1=Marc |title=Venice 2024 review: Quiet Life (Alexandros Avranas) |url=https://icsfilm.org/festivals/venice/2024-venice/venice-2024-review-quiet-life-alexandros-avranas/ |website=International Cinephile Society |access-date=5 September 2024 |date=29 August 2024 |archive-date=29 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829152932/https://icsfilm.org/festivals/venice/2024-venice/venice-2024-review-quiet-life-alexandros-avranas/ |url-status=live }}

Serena Seghedoni of Loud and Clear Reviews gave the film two out of five stars, calling it "a jumbled mess" and writing, "Alexandros Avranas' Quiet Life doesn't quite know what to do with the fascinating, real-life phenomenon at its center, resulting in a mess of a movie with little to say."{{cite web |last1=Seghedoni |first1=Serena |title=Quiet Life Film Review: A Jumbled Mess |url=https://loudandclearreviews.com/quiet-life-film-review-2024-avranas/ |website=Loud and Clear Reviews |access-date=5 September 2024 |date=29 August 2024 |archive-date=29 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829211657/https://loudandclearreviews.com/quiet-life-film-review-2024-avranas/ |url-status=live }}

Allan Hunter of Screen Daily called the film "unsetlling" and "coolly intriguing".{{cite web |last1=Hunter |first1=Allan |title='Quiet Life': Venice Review |url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/quiet-life-venice-review/5196674.article |website=Screen Daily |access-date=5 September 2024 |date=30 August 2024 |archive-date=6 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906202501/https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/quiet-life-venice-review/5196674.article |url-status=live }}

Accolades

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col"\| Award ! scope="col"\| Date of ceremony ! scope="col"\| Category ! scope="col"\| Result ! scope="col"\| {{Ref heading}}
scope="row" \| Venice Film Festival \| 7 September 2024 \| Orizzonti Award for Best Film \| {{nom}} \| {{cite web \|last1=Ford \|first1=Lily \|title=Venice Film Festival Awards: Pedro Almodóvar Wins Golden Lion for 'The Room Next Door' \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/venice-film-festival-awards-best-film-golden-lion-jury-2024-1235994361/ \|website=The Hollywood Reporter \|access-date=7 September 2024 \|date=7 September 2024 \|archive-date=7 September 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907181001/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/venice-film-festival-awards-best-film-golden-lion-jury-2024-1235994361/ \|url-status=live }}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

! scope="col"| Award

! scope="col"| Date of ceremony

! scope="col"| Category

! scope="col"| Result

! scope="col"| {{Ref heading}}

scope="row" | Venice Film Festival

| 7 September 2024

| Orizzonti Award for Best Film

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web |last1=Ford |first1=Lily |title=Venice Film Festival Awards: Pedro Almodóvar Wins Golden Lion for 'The Room Next Door' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/venice-film-festival-awards-best-film-golden-lion-jury-2024-1235994361/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=7 September 2024 |date=7 September 2024 |archive-date=7 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907181001/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/venice-film-festival-awards-best-film-golden-lion-jury-2024-1235994361/ |url-status=live }}