Animal
09 May 2024 | 17:30
Sala Hera — Cinema Astra
National premiere
Between sequins, karaoke, costumes and shows, Kalia spends the day entertaining tourists: she leads a group of resort entertainers, during the hot months of a summer where everything is included and engulfed by the masses (we are in Greece but it could just as easily be the Romagnola Riviera). The night, however, brings with it a darker side: Kalia seems to want to escape by wandering from relationship to relationship, only to return to wearing the same mask again and again during the day. A fast-paced, jagged narrative where the body is the pivot around which everything revolves, a means of getting in touch with oneself and others.
Production: Homemade Films
Cast: Dimitra Vlagopoulou, Flomaria Papadaki, Ahilleas Hariskos, Voodoo Jürgens
Regia di Sofia Exarchou
116'
Greece, Austria, Romania, Cyprus, Bulgaria
2023
Greek director and screenwriter. Her first feature film, Park (2016), was selected at the Toronto Film Festival and the San Sebastian Film Festival, where it won the New Directors Award. Animal was screened in competition in 2023 at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival and the Locarno Film Festival, where it won the Best Actress Award for Dimitra Vlagopoulou.