Crossing

Lia, a retired teacher from Georgia, learns from her young neighbor, Achi, that her long-lost transgender niece, Tekla, has crossed the border into Turkey. In search of Tekla, Lia travels to Istanbul with the unpredictable Achi, where they explore the hidden depths of the city.

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 106 mins

Release Date : 2024-03-22

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There's something entirely plausible about the performance from Mzia Arabuli in this poignant drama. She is the retired school teacher "Lia" who is determined to track down her niece now that her sister has recently died. She lives in Georgia, likes a drink or two, and thinks that "Tekla" has fled ...

_Crossing_ is NOT a slick film, and no way it should ever be. This beautiful piece of work is ostensibly a story about down and out orphans, trans folks, and prostitutes. But it's not. At it's very core, Crossing is about 2 lost souls in search of themselves. Kudos to Levan Akin for couching such ...

Cast

Mzia Arabuli

(Lia)

Lucas Kankava

(Achi)

Deniz Dumanlı

(Evrim)

Nino Karchava

(Ruso)

Levan Bochorishvili

(Zaza)

Nino Tedoradze

(Nona (Neighbour Child))

Bünyamin Değer

(Izzet)

Sema Sultan Elekci

(Gülpembe)

Metin Akdemir

(Ahmet)

Oksan Büyük

(Gülsen)

Yasmin Ada

(Young Trans Girl)

Suzan Fadil

(Second Young Trans Girl)

Mehtap Özdemir

(Aynur)

Mehmet Isyar

(Dr. Erol)

Derya Günaydın

(Özge)

Ziya Sudançıkmaz

(Ömer)

Beril Soydan

(Arya)

Soner Yalçın

(Mustafa)

Levan Gabrichidze

(Ramaz)

Şevval Kılıç

(Seval)

Bulut Sezer

(Bulut)

Bergüzar Mercan

(Ceylan)

Tako Kurdovanidze

(Tekla)

Giga Shavadze

(Giga (Neighbour Child))