A Bosnian vagabond crashes into Berlin's art scene and accidentally finds the family she never knew she needed.
What if the Surrealists were living today, in Berlin? Lexia, a Bosnian vagabond, comes to Berlin to become an artist. But she finds what she's never had. A family. Elixir is a story about love, art and fear.
Acting
Swann Arlaud brings wounded warmth to every frame.
Cinematography
Berlin as character—gritty, luminous, unromantic.
Direction
Higgs lets scenes breathe without indie-film self-satisfaction.
Director
Brodie Higgs
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