Family issues and emotional repression were already at the heart of Alexandros Avranas‘ Award-winning feature Miss Violence. In his latest work, Quiet Life, Avranas deals with a Russian refugee family faced with an inhumane immigration system and the little known resignation syndrome – an affliction causing children to fall into a catatonic state of despair.
Already in Athens where his film is part of the European Panorama of Cinema, the Greek filmmaker speaks with Lida Bach about Quiet Life and its disturbing, delicate issues.