Story
Unhappy birthday: during her party, 11-year old Angeliki commits suicide. The family and its patriarch, the child’s grandfather, who rules with a strict but caring hand, is strangely unmoved by the tragedy. But the authorities find nothing untoward in their enquiries. With disturbing sobriety, the film dissects step by step the balance of power in the “good” family and uncovers the horror behind the bourgeois facade. Miss Violence is based on a true story and won the Silver Lion at Venice in 2013 for Best Director. Themis Panou, who plays the patriarch, won the award for Best Actor.
Director
Alexander Avranas (*1977) studied art in Athens and Berlin. His debut film Without (2008) won prizes at the festivals in Thessaloniki and Milan. Miss Violence is his second film.Trailer
Info
Miss Violence
Fiction Feature
Greek
Kaleidoskop//FF2014
Greece
2013
99 min
OV with English subtitles
Alexandros Avranas
Kostas Peroulis, Alexandros Avranas
Themis Panou, Reni Pittaki, Christos Loulis, Giota Festa, Eleni Roussinou
Vasilis Chrysanthopoulos, Alexandros Avranas, Christos Konstantakopoulos
Olympia Mytilinaiou
Nikos Helidonidis
Eva Manidaki, Thanassis Demiris
Elle Driver
Faliro House Productions; Plays2place Productions; Greek Film Center
Lucie Cotett, Elle Driver: lucie@elledriver.eu