THE MIRACLE OF THE SARGASSO SEA
by Syllas Tzoumerkas
synopsis
In a small eel-farming town in the west of Greece, two women live solitary lives while dreaming of getting away. Elisabeth is a once-ambitious policewoman forced to relocate from Athens ten years ago and now living a joyless, hung-over life; Rita is the quiet, mysterious sister of a lounge singer in the local disco. When a sudden death upsets the town and turns the local community upside-down, the two women who had been ignoring each other’s existence begin drifting towards each other. As the secrets hidden in the swamps begin to surface, they will have a chance to become each other’s saviours.
| international title: | The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea |
| original title: | To thávma tis thálassas ton Sargassón |
| country: | Greece, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden |
| sales agent: | New Europe Film Sales |
| year: | 2019 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Syllas Tzoumerkas |
| film run: | 120' |
| screenplay: | Youla Boùdali, Syllas Tzoumerkas |
| cast: | Angeliki Papoulia, Youla Boùdali, Christos Passalis, Argyris Xafis, Thanasis Dovris, Laertis Malkotsis, Maria Filini, Michalis Kimonas, Christian Culbida, Thanos Tokakis |
| cinematography by: | Petrus Sjövik |
| film editing: | Andreas Wodraschke |
| art director: | Jorien Sont |
| costumes designer: | Marli Aleiferi |
| music: | Drogatek, Phoebus, Jean-Paul Wall |
| producer: | Maria Drandaki |
| co-producer: | Tomas Eskilsson, Ellen Havenith, Titus Kreyenberg, Anthony Muir, Olle Wirenhed |
| executive producer: | Syllas Tzoumerkas |
| associate producer: | Jeroen Beker, Meinolf Zurhorst |
| production: | Homemade Films, unafilm, PRPL, Kakadua Filmproduktion |
| backing: | Film i Väst, Greek Film Centre (GR), Nederlands Filmfonds (NL), Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI) (SE), Eurimages, Creative Europe Media |