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Completed - GREEK - Drama, Black comedy, Social issues - 95 minutes

Log Line

Seven different stories in modern Greece. Stories where their heroes try to purify themselves through love.

Year of production : 2022

Director(s) : Vassilis MAZOMENOS
Writer(s) : Vassilis MAZOMENOS, Vassilis GOUDELIS
Cast : Maria ZORBA, Yannis KOKIASMENOS, Andreas NATSIOS, Angeliki KARISTINOU, Kostas BARAS, Thodoris KATSAFADOS, Nefeli KOURI

Producer(s) : Vassilis MAZOMENOS (Horme pictures), Panos PAPADOPOULOS (Prosenghisi)

Synopsis

A monk leads a procession in an attempt to open a temple, which the authorities have closed due to a pandemic. A young girl, a victim of abandonment and exploitation, is rescued from prostitution when her long-lost father reappears. Two college boys, scions of wealthy families, become perpetrators of violent incidents, unjustifiably injuring a woman. An elderly man suffering from dementia is exploited by a policewoman who convinces him that he is her father. A couple tries to recover their broken relationship ending in loneliness. A woman expresses her anger to a civil servant after losing her husband because of his indifference. A middle-class man sneaks his best friend, who is suffering from cancer, out of the hospital to give him a beautiful end by the sea.

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Country(ies) : GREECE

Festivals and Awards

Thessaloniki IFF 2022 Official Selection


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