The perfect girlfriend might be perfect for someone else entirely.
Panagiotis, a young introvert architect, is in the perfect relationship. Lena, his partner, embodies everything he desires, just like he discusses with a particularly attentive man, in an office. But all the characteristics that once seemed heavenly to Panagiotis, now have become a living hell.
Direction
Barmpas turns cramped offices into psychological pressure cookers.
Acting
Aleifer's silent unraveling speaks louder than dialogue ever could.
Director
Chrys Barmpas
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of Greek shorts examining economic crisis-era masculinity and emotional bankruptcy.
The title's domestic mundanity deliberately clashes with the clinical detachment—meatballs are what Lena cooks, what Panagiotis consumes, what he cannot stomach about real intimacy.
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