The Crossing

2021 [FRENCH]

Action / Animation / Drama

7
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 683 683

Plot summary

In a small town plunged into darkness, two children, Kyona and Adriel, are separated from their parents and, facing the path of exile alone, embark on a heroic journey that will take them from childhood to adolescence, in search of refuge, peace and the hope of finding their family.

Director

Florence Miailhe Photo
Florence Miailhe

Top cast

Aline Afanoukoe Photo
Aline Afanoukoe as Madame
Polina Borisova Photo
Polina Borisova as Shaké
Mehdi Guerbas Photo
Mehdi Guerbas as Issawa
Arthur Perreira Photo
Arthur Perreira as Iskender
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
769.19 MB
1280*682
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   fr  
24 fps
1 hr 23 min
Seeds ...
1.54 GB
1920*1024
French 5.1
NR
Subtitles us   fr  
24 fps
1 hr 23 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by aygunatesoglu 8 / 10

The story offers a bittersweet look at the far-reaching effects of war, focusing on the many individuals impacted rather than just the heroic few.

Reviewed by Radu_A 8 / 10

A premonition of the past turned present

The director created this film based on her grandmother's escape from Odessa with her six siblings after the pogrom of 1905, which was a result of the upheaval after Russia's defeat against Japan. Odessa is in Ukraine and under siege as I write this, so the film can be read as an uncanny premonition of things to come. But the siblings escaping the destruction of their home in an unnamed country could be from Africa or South America as well. They move through fairy tale episodes between fantasy and nightmare, in an expressionist style defined by the technique of filming oil paintings on glass. This creates edgy movements and could have been evened out better with a Disney budget, but this is not a Disney film. It's a masterpiece of memory through abstraction and provides parents who are honest enough with the opportunity to confront their children - from, say, age 12, not younger - with the cruelties and hopes of our torn-apart world.
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