Festival favourite Apples, Christos Nikou’s festival fave is set for a release in cinemas and on Curzon Home Cinema in March. The film is the Greek entry for the Oscars and had its world premiere at Venice back in September. Aris Servetalis, Sofia Georgovasili, Anna Kalaitzidou, and Argiris Bakirtzis lead the cast.
Amidst a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia, middle-aged Aris (Aris Servetalis) finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help unclaimed patients build new identities. Prescribed daily tasks on cassette tapes so he can create new memories and document them on camera, Aris slides back into ordinary life, meeting Anna (Sofia Georgovasili), a woman who is also in recovery.
Through images deadpan, strange and surreal, Greek writer-director Christos Nikou posits a beguiling reflection on memory, identity, and loss, exploring how a society might handle an irreversible epidemic through one man’s story of self-discovery. Are we the sum of the images we compile and display of ourselves, or are we something richer, and deeper?
Curzon will release the film on 19th March. Here’s a trailer from its festival run for your viewing pleasure.
