Pity (Efthimis Filippou)
Pity
Oiktos Grèce 2018 | Babis Makridis | vostEN | 97’ | digital | Cast : Yannis Drakopoulos, Evi Saoulidou, Nota Tserniafski
.►World Cinema Competition, Sundance 2018 ; Official Competition, Luxembourg City Film Festival
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The story of a man who feels happy only when he is unhappy, a man addicted to sadness, who has such need for pity, he's willing to do everything to evoke it from others. This is the life of a man in a world not cruel enough for him.
« Makridis and his co-writer Efthimis Filippou create a parallel universe that shares many similarities with reality, although it is much bleaker and funnier. » (Cineuropa)
« A disturbing and oftentimes very funny satire-drama, Pity is about that complex, primal human craving called empathy and the distance we're willing to go to summon it. » (Robert-Ebert.com)
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