''Easy Land'' is a 2019 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Sanja Zivkovic. The film stars
Mirjana Joković
Mirjana Joković ( sr-cyr, Мирјана Јоковић; born 24 November 1967) is a Serbian film and stage actress, best known for her role as Natalija Zovkov in Emir Kusturica's ''Underground'' (1995). She currently is Director of Performan ...
and
Nina Kiri
Nina Kiridžija ( sr-Cyrl, Нина Кириџиjа; born September 3, 1992), known as Nina Kiri ( sr-Cyrl, Нина Кири), is a Serbian Canadian actress, best known for her role as the handmaid Alma in the first five seasons of the Hulu se ...
as Jasna and Nina, a mother (a trained
Architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
) and daughter from
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...
who are struggling to adapt to their new lives after emigrating to Canada as
refugees.
The film's cast also includes
Daniel Kash
Daniel Joshua Kash (born April 25, 1959) is a Canadian actor and film director.
Life and career
Kash was born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Canadian opera singer Maureen Forrester and Toronto-born violinist and conductor Eugene Kash (May 1, 1 ...
,
Richard Clarkin, Sarah Deakins,
Arlene Duncan and
Sugith Varughese
Sugith Varughese (born 25 April 1957) is an Indian-born Canadian writer, director and actor.
Background
Born in Cochin, Kerala, India into a Syriac Saint Thomas Christian family ("Varughese," also sometimes spelled "Varghese" and "Verghese" an ...
.
The film premiered at the
2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
"Female, rookie filmmakers round up TIFF's Canadian lineup"
CBC News
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, September 2, 2019.
References
External links
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Easy Land
' at Library and Archives Canada
2019 films
Canadian drama films
English-language Canadian films
Serbian-Canadian culture
2019 drama films
2010s English-language films
2010s Canadian films
English-language drama films
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