By Peter BelsitoThis Greek film tells a compelling and odd story.While his wife lies in a seemingly permanent coma, an attorney comes to depend on the kindness of strangers in a dark comedy written by director Babis Makridis and ‘The Lobster’ scribe Efthymis Filippou.
Even when he’s sobbing — which he does frequently — the unnamed lead character in this beach side, sunny, pitch-black comedy has a mechanical quality, unemotional.
He is gentle with his unconscious bed ridden wife — is she dying? — we never know.
His wife has been hospitalized since an accident, her prospects of recovery from a coma looking increasingly dim.
His routine is strange. He wears his pain routinely, mechanically with the same proud precision as his crisp lawyer suits.
His constant sadness can feel like a form of bullying, manipulating others to fill the awkward silence with gestures of sympathy. Very important to him are the...
Even when he’s sobbing — which he does frequently — the unnamed lead character in this beach side, sunny, pitch-black comedy has a mechanical quality, unemotional.
He is gentle with his unconscious bed ridden wife — is she dying? — we never know.
His wife has been hospitalized since an accident, her prospects of recovery from a coma looking increasingly dim.
His routine is strange. He wears his pain routinely, mechanically with the same proud precision as his crisp lawyer suits.
His constant sadness can feel like a form of bullying, manipulating others to fill the awkward silence with gestures of sympathy. Very important to him are the...
- 2/5/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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