Kristina

A quiet, contemplative portrait that blends everyday routine with moments of confession, offering an intimate and dignified look at a trans woman's life.

Directed by

Nikola Spasić

Genres

Drama

Starring

Kristina Milosavljević, Marko Radišić, Jelena Galović

Overview

Kristina is a transgender sex worker in Serbia. She plays herself in an eponymous film that portrays her daily life with reticence in accordance with the rules of fiction. We’re in Kristina’s home with her. With camp elegance, she contentedly arranges ikebana in the luxuriant, baroque shade of her garden. The surprisingly shrill ringtone of her telephone disrupts the idyllic scene and Kristina reels off the prices of her services to the caller. Tracing an inner journey in the secret calm of churches and forests, the film also opens up a space of confession in its core, in frontal shots where Kristina tells her story. It does not, however, follow the path of repentance. On the contrary, it asserts the profound freedom of a modern woman, captured majestically in a bold portrait with strokes inspired by iconostases that tend towards the divine.

How it feels

Melancholic, warm, earnest and campy. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Identity, isolation, freedom, faith

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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