Kristina
Eastern European Cinema
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Drama, LGBT
Transgender sex worker Kristina lives alone in Belgrade with her cats and antiques collection while undergoing non-hypnotic regression sessions. She accidentally meets Marko, a former theology student, and despite their different backgrounds, the two begin a relationship. In her search for antiques, Kristina discovers Christianity and accepts it as the only truth. Marko accepts Kristina as a woman but is upset that she cannot give birth to his children.
Serbian Director Nikola Spasic merges trans-identity with religion in the docu-fiction film KRISTINA, which had its world premiere at FIDMarseille where it won the First Film Prize.
“A docu-fiction which also serves as a character study of its subject, this intriguing, elusive film is as poised and precise as its soigné central character.” –Screen Daily
DIRECTED BY NIKOLA SPASIC
SERBIA | 2022 | SERBIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
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