Anemistiras

Dimitris Bitos : 2015
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In the outskirts of Athens, Alkis and Machi struggle to get by with their 11-year-old daughter, Lemonia. Lemonia is a very bright but weird kid. She often witnesses her parents fighting. Machi and Alkis are clearly unhappy with each other and have many unresolved issues. During one of their very violent fights, Lemonia appears holding a grenade in her hands. From that moment on, Lemonia starts directing their relationship under the threat of the grenade, forcing her parents to take a hard look at themselves, dictating what they should say and do. She directs them as if she was a theatre director and they were her actors. Both of them soon realise that this is a really hard game. Soon, they all end up in the family car, on the way to the place where they used to spend their summer holidays together. It is raining, the sea is rough and this family embarks on their strangest vacation yet. Dimitris Bitos's feature debut, a psychological thriller, was presented in a special screening at Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2014, and had its international premiere in competition at Festival del Cinema Europeo Lecce 2015.