THE MIRACLE OF THE SARGASSO SEA
Year: 2018
Director: Syllas Tzoumerkas
Writers: Youla Boudali, Syllas Tzoumerkas
Stars: Angeliki Papoulia, Youla Boudali, Christos Passalis, Maria Filini, Argyris Xafis, Thanassis Dovris, Laertis Malkotsis
Producer: Homemade Films
Set in a small eel-farming town in the west of Greece it’s a story of two women, who live solitary lives while dreaming of getting away. One of them is Elisabeth, a once-ambitious policewoman forced to relocate from Athens 10 years ago and now living a joyless, hung over life; the other is Rita, a quiet, mysterious sister of a local music star. When a sudden suicide case upsets the town and turns the local community upside-down, the two women who have been ignoring each other’s existence so far begin drifting toward each other. As the secrets hidden in the swamps begin to surface, they will have a chance to become each other’s saviors.
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