Maya Nilo (Laura)

Nov 4 2022 N/A 1h 37m
Drama

Nilo is a feminist writer, living an orderly life with her husband and 13-year-old daughter Laura. When her irresponsible sister Maya, whose projects constantly tend to bomb, both "kidnaps" Nilo's Volvo and daughter and heads south, Nilo tags along. The goal of the trip is Portugal, where the sisters’ complicated mother recently diagnosed with cancer lives, together with Maya’s son, who it has finally become time to take responsibility for.

Official Trailer
Plot

Nilo (Bahar Pars) is a feminist writer, living an orderly life with her husband and 13-year-old daughter Laura (Nadja Rosenberg). When her irresponsible sister Maya (Zhala), whose projects constantly tend to bomb, both "kidnaps" Nilo's Volvo and daughter and heads south, Nilo tags along. The goal of the trip is Portugal, where the sisters' complicated mother (Susan Taslimi) recently diagnosed with cancer lives, together with Maya's son, who it has finally become time to take responsibility for.

Written by

Peter Modestij, Lovisa Sirén

Directed by

Lovisa Sirén

Cast

Bahar Pars, Zhala Zhino Rifat, Nadja Rosenberg

Crew

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Production Countries

Sweden, France, Belgium, Finland

Production Companies

Totem Films, Tuffi Films, uMedia, Way Creative Films, [sic] film

Languages

svenska, English, Français, Português

Awards

6 nominations

Trailers
MAYA NILO (LAURA) trailer | BFI London Film Festival 2022
Scores
# of Votes
179
Average Rating
5.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA