In ‘The Lion at My Back,’ A Teenage Asylum Seeker and a Cypriot in Her 40s Form an Unexpected Bond (Exclusive Clip)

In ‘The Lion at My Back,’ A Teenage Asylum Seeker and a Cypriot in Her 40s Form an Unexpected Bond (Exclusive Clip)

The second feature from Cypriot writer, director and producer Tonia Mishiali, world premiering in the Crystal Globe competition at Karlovy Vary, shows that family feelings can blossom in unlikely places.

CHOCHILINO In ‘The Lion at My Back,’ A Teenage Asylum Seeker and a Cypriot in Her 40s Form an Unexpected Bond (Exclusive Clip) %

In The Lion at My Back, director Tonia Mishiali tells a cinematic story of an unexpected bond. Mariama, a Senegalese asylum seeker in Cyprus, has just turned 18. She meets Stella, who is in her 40s and recently decided to break free from the clutches of addiction to make a fresh start. The new film from Mishiali, whose 2018 debut feature Pause, about a housewife in an unhealthy marriage who starts daydreaming about revenge, turned heads, bring…