PREVIEW: Apples (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Aris Servetalis (Small Crime), Sofia Georgovassili (Black Field), Anna Kalaitzidou (The City of Children), Argyris Bakirtzis (Here We Are!), Kostas Laskos (Bitter Snow), Babis Makridis (My Best Friend), Kimon Fioretos (The Story of My Life), Costas Xikominos (Pity), Alexandra Aidini (Three Days Happiness), Nota Tserniafski (L)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Christos Nikou (film debut), director, writer, producer; Stavros Raptis (film debut), writer; Aris Dagios (4 Black Suits), Iraklis Mavroidis (Attenberg), Angelos Venetis (A Greek Type of Problem) and Mariusz Wlodarski (The Here After), producers; Alexander Voulgaris (The Sentimentalists), composer; Bartosz Swiniarski (The Waking), cinematographer; Giorgos Zafeiris (Magic Skin), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the middle of a worldwide pandemic that mysteriously causes sudden amnesia, a middle-aged man named Arlis (Servetalis) enrols in a recovery program designed to help unclaimed patients build new identities…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Greece’s official entry for this year’s International Feature Film Oscar (though it ultimately wasn’t nominated) is as odd as they come, and could not be more aptly timed for the current world we are living in.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 7TH MAY 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

AVAILABLE TO RENT EXCLUSIVELY ON CURZON HOME CINEMA

 

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