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.

Recently premiered in Karlovy Vary, Cypriot director Tonia Mishiali's drama 'The Lion at My Back' is at its best when it doesn’t force its poetry.

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…