Greek fascist sci-fi where motherhood itself becomes a prison — and revolution is inherited.
Niki is a resistance fighter living in a nightmarish dictatorship in Athens, 1972, and Lefteris is her son, who will be forced sooner or later to cut the thread that binds them together.
Direction
Voulgaris shoots Athens like a rotting spaceship.
Production
DIY sci-fi aesthetic from €40k budget.
Acting
Kokkali's suffocating love will haunt you.
Director
Alexander Voulgaris
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Greece's 2015 economic crisis, the film reimagines the 1967-74 military junta as never-ending sci-fi nightmare — critics called it 'the film Greece deserved but wasn't ready for.'
The 'thread' is literalized through umbilical imagery and the red rope connecting mother and son; Voulgaris stated he wanted to explore 'fascism as domestic space.'
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