The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea
Another View 2019 / To thávma tis thálassas ton Sargassón / Greece, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden 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 film
121 min / Color, DCP
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
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
New Europe Film Sales
Puławska 152/5, 02-670, Warsaw
Poland
Phone: +48 609 804 296, +48 600 173 205
E-mail: festivals@neweuropefilmsales.com
Guests
Ewa Bojanowska
Sales Agent
Syllas Tzoumerkas
Film Director
Angeliki Papoulia
Actress
