We first meet our unnamed hero as he is slowly, methodically, banging his head against a wall. Clearly this is painful, but for him, just not painful enough.
What a tragic story. Cohen Media Group has revealed their official trailer for this indie Greek comedy called Apples, which originally premiered at the
Aris Servetalis in Christos Nikou s unsettling directorial debut, Apples
Credit: Bartosz Swiniarski
Dir: Christos Nikou. Starring: Aris Servetalis, Sofia Georgovassili, Anna Kalaitzidou, Argyris Bakirtzis, Kostas Laskos. 12A cert, 91 mins
“The Greek Weird Wave” is the favoured catch-all term for the country’s arthouse offerings, thanks to a series of films that apply a zonked aesthetic to their far-out conceits. In the process, humanity is usually made to look lost and sad. It all started with Dogtooth (2009), about a psychotic form of home schooling, which was deeply funny and traumatically disturbing – from there, the feted career of Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster, The Favourite) sprang.
As a pandemic of amnesia hits Greece, forcing forgotten souls to reconstruct their identities, we wonder whether one man just wants the chance to start again.