‘The Lion at My Back’ Review: Two Women Forge a Cross-Cultural Friendship in a Bleak Cyprus-Set Drama Haunted by the Threat of Violence

The follow-up to Greek Cypriot director Tonia Mishiali’s debut 'Pause,' this Karlovy Vary premiere centers on the growing bond between a recovering addict and sex-worker and a teenage Senegalese refugee.

By Leslie Felperin