“First, I will ask you to take 10 big, deep breaths.” Elegant Kristina attends a regressive hypnosis session. Lying on the floor, blindfolded, a woman’s voice guides her through the process. Time seems to be suspended. The spectator is immediately drawn into the scene, bewitched by the suave voice and the perfection of the image. The therapist then asks, “Now look down and tell me what you see?” “I see male feet,” Kristina says. “Take a deep breath and fully occupy that body.”
These first breaths open the film “Kristina,” selected in international competition at the Torino Film Festival. The care given to the composition in the opening scene never leaves this first feature film by Serbian director Nikola Spasić, starring Kristina Milosavljević as herself.
Kristina is transgender and left her hometown to live her truth in Belgrade. She collects antiques and lives alone with her cat in a refined...
These first breaths open the film “Kristina,” selected in international competition at the Torino Film Festival. The care given to the composition in the opening scene never leaves this first feature film by Serbian director Nikola Spasić, starring Kristina Milosavljević as herself.
Kristina is transgender and left her hometown to live her truth in Belgrade. She collects antiques and lives alone with her cat in a refined...
- 11/25/2022
- by Trinidad Barleycorn
- Variety Film + TV
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