
About
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.
Rating and Reviews
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7.413/10
badelf
_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 c... read more
8 months ago

CinemaSerf
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 sist... read more
11 months ago
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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)
Director
Nino Agladze
Assistant Director
Murad Erdem
First Assistant Director
Rikard Waxin
First Assistant Director

Levan Akin
Director
Creator

Levan Akin
Screenplay