A monk leads a procession. A girl is rescued from prostitution. Two college students become perpetrators of violent crimes. An elderly man falls victim to a police officer. A couple tries to repair their relationship. A woman expresses her anger to a civil servant. A man kidnaps his best friend. Seven different stories about love in modern Greece, from people who seek it, find it, lose it.
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Maria Zorba
Electra
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Save Me
Το 10
Kostas Baras
Monk
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Ο Τιμωρός
NOVA
Nefeli Kouri
Aphrodite
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The Island
Mavro Rodo
Yannis Kokiasmenos
Father
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Hen
Strella
Thodoris Katsafados
Old Man
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The Island
17 Threads
Ilektra Gennata
Woman in black
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Vouta
Dignity
Christos Zaxarof
Young man A
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The Big Father
Father's Advice
Dimitris Fourlis
Young man B
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Η μοίρα μας χτύπησε σκληρά
Spectrum
Angeliki Karistinou
Officer's wife
Also in
One Moment 2 Lives
Exile
Vangelis Psomas
Officer
Also in
The Net
The consulate of Julia
Nikos Pantelidis
Clerk
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Thief or Reality
Jamaica
Thanassis Chalkias
Colleague
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Mum, I'm Back
Gold Dust
Vasilis Mazomenos Director · Vassilis Goudelis Writer Fotis Mitsis Cinematographer
First release November 10, 2022 · Produced in Greece · Production Prosenghisi LTD, ERT
Production
Horme Pictures
Production
Prosenghisi LTD
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ERT
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Alatas Films
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Greece
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Original title
Καθαρτήριο
Original language
Greek
Spoken on screen
Greek
Release dates
Greece · November 10, 2022
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No release date listed for United States.
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