APPLES
synopsis
Amidst a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia, middle-aged Aris (Aris Servetalis) finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help unclaimed patients build new identities. Prescribed daily tasks on cassette tapes so he can create new memories and document them on camera, Aris slides back into ordinary life, meeting Anna (Sofia Georgovasili), a woman who is also in recovery. Through images deadpan, strange and surreal, Greek writer-director Christos Nikou posits a beguiling reflection on memory, identity, and loss, exploring how a society might handle an irreversible epidemic through one man’s story of self-discovery. Are we the sum of the images we compile and display of ourselves, or are we something richer, and deeper?
international title: | Apples |
original title: | Mila |
country: | Greece, Poland, Slovenia |
sales agent: | Alpha Violet |
year: | 2020 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Christos Nikou |
film run: | 90' |
screenplay: | Christos Nikou |
cast: | Aris Servetalis, Sofia Georgovasili, Anna Kalaitzidou, Argiris Bakirtzis |
cinematography by: | Bartosz Świniarski |
film editing: | Giorgos Zafeiris |
art director: | Efi Birba |
costumes designer: | Dimitra Liakoura |
music: | Alexandros Voulgaris |
producer: | Iraklis Mavroeidis, Angelos Venetis, Aris Dagios |
co-producer: | Mariusz Wlodarski, Ales Pavlin, Andrej Stritof |
production: | Boo Productions, Lava Films, Perfo Production |
backing: | Greek Film Centre (GR), ERT (GR), Polish Film Institute (PL), MEDIA |
distributor: | Bodega Films |