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Kristina

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.

Top Cast

  • Kristina Milosavljević

    Kristina Milosavljević

    Kristina

  • Marko Radišić

    Marko Radišić

    Marko

  • Jelena Galović

    Jelena Galović

    Jelena

  • Zvonimir Pudelka

    Zvonimir Pudelka

    Zvonko

  • Gordana Đurđević-Dimić

    Gordana Đurđević-Dimić

    Kustos

  • Livia Banka

    Livia Banka

    Marija

  • Ilija Bašić

    Ilija Bašić

    Antikvar

  • Dušan Durman

    Dušan Durman

    Mušterija I

  • Nikola Trajković

    Nikola Trajković

    Mušterija II

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.

Rating

5.2 / 10
5 Reviews
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