Film review: Crossing is a slow-burning drama of superb characterisations 

Director Levan Akin explores prejudice, poverty, gender bias, and cultural differences against a backdrop of traditional values

Lucas Kankava and Mzia Arabuli star in Crossing. Picture: MUBI

• Crossing
• ★★★★★
• Cinematic release

The unlikely pairing of the retired history schoolteacher Ms Lia (Mzia Arabuli) and the feckless teenage wastrel Achi (Lucas Kankava) travel from rural Georgia to Istanbul in Crossing (15A), hoping to track down Ms Lia’s missing niece, Tekla.