Directed by:
Sanja ZivkovicScreenplay:
Sanja ZivkovicCinematography:
Maya BankovicComposer:
Casey Manierka-QuaileCast:
Mirjana Jokovic, Nina Kiri, Daniel Kash, Richard Clarkin, Sarah Deakins, Jamillah Ross, Victoria Sawal, Sammy Azero, Elias Edraki, Glen Michael GrantVOD (1)
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A poignant examination of the obstacles and heartbreaks facing recent refugees, Sanja Zivkovic's debut feature Easy Land follows Nina (Nina Kiri) and her mother Jasna (Mirjana Jokovic) as they struggle to build a life for themselves in a new country. Jasna has been traumatized by what she witnessed in Serbia, and the after-effects are exacerbated by the menial jobs she must take to pay the rent despite being a trained architect. Meanwhile, Nina must deal with the regular tensions of high-school life, which are complicated by poverty and her mother's volatile psychological state. Worse, one of Nina's teachers insists she intern at a local theatre company to make up for past transgressions. Plagued by the past, the two women are unable to find common ground and both veer towards the breaking point. (Toronto International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Mirjana Jokovic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Underground (1995)
Time of Miracles (1989)
Cabaret Balkan (1998)
Nina Kiri
Serbia
Best movies:
Easy Land (2019)
Fingernails (2023)
Love in Harmony Valley (2020) (TV movie)
Daniel Kash
Canada
Best movies:
Aliens (1986)
Cinderella Man (2005)
Guns (2008) (TV movie)
Richard Clarkin
Best movies:
Goon (2011)
Easy Land (2019)
Land of the Dead (2005)
Sarah Deakins
USA
Best movies:
The Unsaid (2001)
The Final Cut (2004)
Easy Land (2019)
Jamillah Ross
Canada
Best movies:
Slumberland (2022)
Polar (2019)
Easy Land (2019)
Victoria Sawal
Best movies:
Pacific Rim (2013)
Easy Land (2019)
Sammy Azero
Best movies:
Midway (2019)
Easy Land (2019)
Code 8: Part II (2024)
Elias Edraki
Canada
Best movies:
Easy Land (2019)
He Never Died (2015)
Awake (2021)
Glen Michael Grant
Best movies:
Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006)
Special Correspondents (2016)
Jesse Stone: Stone Cold (2005) (TV movie)