Archive of films Miracle of the Sargasso Sea / To thávma tis thálassas ton Sargassón
Greece / Germany / Netherlands / Sweden
2019, 121 min
Section:
Another View
Year: 2019
Directed by Greek New Wave director Syllas Tzoumerkas, this thriller maintains its grip on the audience as it cloaks its realistic, socially-critical intent in a tale at once disturbing, eerie, dreamlike, and spiritual, benefitting greatly from its ensemble cast of charismatic individuals.
Synopsis
Former elite detective Elisabeth has become the police chief of the godforsaken town of Messolonghi, and she does nothing to hide her bitterness and her hatred of the place. Rita, a worker at an eel farm, is a captive of her social status and her manipulative brother, a star at the local disco. A suicide roils the oppressive provincial air and forces Elisabeth to investigate the corrupt state of the local elite. Directed by Greek New Wave director Syllas Tzoumerkas, this thriller maintains its grip on the audience as it cloaks its realistic, socially-critical intent in a tale at once disturbing, eerie, dreamlike, and spiritual, benefitting greatly from its ensemble cast of charismatic individuals.
Vít Kořínek
About the director

Syllas Tzoumerkas (b. 1978, Thessaloniki). Selected filmography: I Kalothanati (1998, short), The Devouring Eyes (Ta matia pou trone, 1999, short), Rain (Vrohi, 2002, short), Homeland (Hora proelefsis, 2010), A Blast (2014), Out of Place (2017, doc., film segment), The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea (To thávma tis thálassas ton Sargassón, 2019)
Contacts
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About the film
Color, DCP
Section: | Another View |
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Director: | Syllas Tzoumerkas |
Screenplay: | Youla Boudali, Syllas Tzoumerkas |
Dir. of Photography: | Petrus Sjövik, F.S.F. |
Music: | Jean-Paul Wall, drog_A_tek, Phoebus |
Editor: | Andreas Wodraschke |
Art Director: | Jorien Sont |
Producer: | Maria Drandaki |
Production: | Homemade Films |
Coproduction: | unafilm, PRPL, Kakadua Filmproduktion |
Cast: | Angeliki Papoulia, Christos Passalis, Youla Boudali |
Sales: | New Europe Film Sales |
Guests

Ewa Bojanowska
Sales Agent

Syllas Tzoumerkas
Film Director

Angeliki Papoulia
Actress