Crossing
Film details
| Film Title | Crossing |
|---|---|
| Suitability | |
| Genre | |
| Length | 106mins |
| Year | 2024 |
| Country | Denmark, France, Georgia, Sweden, Turkey |
| Director | Levan Akın |
| Actors | Mzia Arabuli, Lucas Kankava, Deniz Dumanlı |
| Language | English, Georgian, Turkish |
| Showings |
Lia, a retired school teacher living in Georgia, hears from a young neighbour Achi that her long lost niece Tekla, a transgender woman, has crossed the border into Turkey. Hoping to bring Tekla home after a period of estrangement, Lia travels to Istanbul with the unpredictable Achi to find her. Exploring the hidden depths of the city, they cross paths with a transgender lawyer called Evrim, who helps them in their search.
Dumanli, making her screen feature debut here, is a pure joy to watch, enveloping the movie in a sense of warm coziness and safety as, just being in her presence, you feel like everything will somehow work out.
★★★★
Akin makes a calculated choice to raise awareness of the trans community in Istanbul, but he does so through representation rather than manipulation.
★★★★
