It stars Chulpan Khamatova, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Naomi Lamp, and Miroslava Pashutina as a refugee family dealing with the effects of resignation syndrome.
In 2018, Natalia, Sergei, and their two daughters, Alina and Katja, are living in Sweden, having fled their native Russia.
After their asylum application is rejected, Katja falls into a mysterious coma caused by resignation syndrome.
Director Alexandros Avranas was inspired to create the film after reading an article about resignation syndrome in The New Yorker.
"[6] Serena Seghedoni of Loud and Clear Reviews gave the film two out of five stars, calling it "a jumbled mess" and writing, "Alexandros Avranas' Quiet Life doesn't quite know what to do with the fascinating, real-life phenomenon at its center, resulting in a mess of a movie with little to say.