A woman receives a startling phone call from her son, while waiting for him and his girlfriend over for lunch.
Acting
Despina Kourti's face does devastating work.
Direction
Imellos stretches 17 minutes into eternity.
Sound
The radio girl's voice haunts the margins.
Director
Fivos Imellos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Imellos belongs to Greece's 'Weird Wave' tradition—domestic spaces become sites of existential crisis.
The film's entire tension rests on whether the son's silence means death or abandonment.