ATTENBERG
by Athina Rachel Tsangari
synopsis
Marina, a twenty-three year-old girl, lives with her architect father in a prototype factory town by the sea. Finding the human species strange and repellent, she keeps her distance. Instead she stubbornly observes it through songs of suicide, the mammal documentaries of Sir David Attenborough and the sex education lessons she receives from her only friend, Bella. A stranger comes to town and challenges her to a table football duel, on her own table. Meanwhile, her father ritualistically prepares for his exit from the 20th century, which he considers to be “overrated.” Caught between the two men and her collaborator Bella, Marina investigates the wondrous mystery of human fauna.
original title: | Attenberg |
country: | Greece |
sales agent: | The Match Factory |
year: | 2010 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Athina Rachel Tsangari |
film run: | 95' |
release date: | GR 09/12/2010, NL 28/04/2011, SE 29/04/2011, EE 29/07/2011, UK 02/09/2011, DK 08/09/2011, FR 21/09/2011, BE 05/10/2011, PL 25/11/2011, LT 13/01/2012, PT 26/01/2012, SI 22/02/2012, DE 10/05/2012 |
screenplay: | Athina Rachel Tsangari |
cast: | Ariane Labed, Vangelis Mourikis, Evangelia Randou, Yorgos Lanthimos |
cinematography by: | Thimios Bakatatakis |
film editing: | Sandrine Cheyrol, Matthew Johnson |
costumes designer: | Thanos Papastergiou, Vasileia Rozana |
producer: | Maria Hatzakou, Yorgos Lanthimos, Iraklis Mavroidis, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Angelos Venetis |
production: | Haos Film, Faliro House Productions, Boo Productions, Stefi Film |
backing: | Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center - Creative Greece, Greek Film Center, Programme MEDIA de la Communauté Européenne |
distributor: | Feelgood Entertainment, Eye Film Museum Distribution, Bodega Films, Lumière, Curzon Artificial Eye, Rapid Eye Movies, Stadtkino Filmverleih, Magyarhangya, Magyarhangya |