Another View 2018 / Oiktos / Greece, Poland 2018
The story of a man who only feels happy when he is unhappy. And to be happy he’s willing to do anything… A brutal comedy about an addiction to sorrow and pity, co-authored by top scribe of the Greek Weird Wave, Efthimis Filippou (Dogtooth, The Lobster, Alps, The Killing of a Sacred Deer)
This provocative dramedy, fittingly enacted against a backdrop of Beethoven’s spritely “Ode to Joy” and Mozart’s melancholy “Lacrimosa,” follows the character of the Lawyer, who is looking forward to good health, a sound reputation, and great prosperity. A habitude of sadness, however, propels his life of leisure; his wife is in a coma and he enjoys the pity offered by everyone around him. What happens to a man addicted to dejection after he is “filled with happiness” at seeing his wife restored to the very picture of health? Greek Weird Wave director Babis Makridis invited screenwriter Efthimis Filippou (Dogtooth, L, Alps, The Killing of a Sacred Deer) to help him construct a measured drama about powerful emotions.
Jiří Blažek
99 min / Color, DCP
Director Babis Makridis
/ Screenplay Babis Makridis, Efthimis Filippou
/ Dir. of Photography Konstantinos Koukoulios
/ Editor Yannis Chalkiadakis
/ Art Director Anna Georgiadou
/ Producer Amanda Livanou, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Klaudia Śmieja, Beata Rzeźniczek
/ Production Neda Film, Faliro House, Madants, Beben Films
/ Coproduction Onassis Foundation, ERT, Studio Produkcyjne ORKA, Film Produkcja, Foss
/ Cast Yannis Drakopoulos, Evi Saoulidou, Nota Tserniafski, Makis Papadimitriou, Georgina Chryskioti
/ Sales New Europe Film Sales
Babis Makridis (b. 1970, Kastoria, Greece). Selected filmography: The Last Fakir (O teleftaios fakiris, 2005, short), L (2012), Pity (Oiktos, 2018)
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