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 |