A Greek teen studies history until her textbook bleeds into nightmare.
Frieda Liappa in this short film casts an alternative gaze on the notion of historicity. Loukia is a teenager currently staying at her cousin’s house in Athens. Unlike her cousin she is timid and quite stressed for the school exam. She studies history. Between the lines of her book the historical events sprung up in a multidimensional way. Liappa transverses the dimensions of the real the imaginary and the symbolic. She invites the viewer to consider the construction of the filmic as well as the historical text. She succeeds in making a film with an open end and to leave room for our own contingent constructions.
Direction
Liappa's fearless formal experimentation in just 25 minutes.
Cinematography
Reality and imagination collapse through layered, disorienting imagery.
Director
Frieda Liappa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Liappa was a rare female voice in 1980s Greek experimental cinema, using horror tropes to interrogate patriarchal historical narratives.
The film's title 'Refused' in Greek carries connotations of academic failure—echoing Loukia's terror of not measuring up to institutional standards.
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