Attenberg (2010)

Stuck in her boring factory town, 23-year-old Marina is at the mercy of both her father's impending death and her distaste for other human beings.

Director:

Athina Rachel Tsangari

Writer:

Athina Rachel Tsangari

Stars:

Ariane Labed, Giorgos Lanthimos, Vangelis Mourikis

7 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ariane Labed	...	Marina
Giorgos Lanthimos	...	Engineer
Vangelis Mourikis	...	Spyros
Evangelia Randou	...	Bella

Storyline

Stuck in her boring factory town, 23-year-old Marina is at the mercy of both her father's impending death and her distaste for other human beings.

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Plot Keywords:

death | 23 year old | loss of virginity | father daughter relationship | cremation | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Greece

Language:

Greek French

Release Date:

9 December 2010 (Greece)

Also Known As:

Atenbergas

Filming Locations:

Aspra Spitia, Viotia, Greece

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$3,998 (USA) (9 March 2012)

Gross:

$23,787 (USA) (22 June 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Haos Films, Faliro House Productions, Boo Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min 95 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Greece's official submission to the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 84th Academy Awards 2012.

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Soundtracks

"Be Bop Kid"
written by Martin Rev and Alan Vega
Performed by Suicide

User Reviews

Silly Walks

I recently saw this at the 2012 Palm Springs International Film Festival. Marina (Ariane Labed) is a sexually inexperienced 23 year old who lives with her dying architect father Spyros (Vangelis Mourilas) in a Greek mining town. She shares her existence with her best and only friend Bella (Evangelina Randou) and for some unexplained reason they enjoy holding arms and doing silly walks together. Bella also brushes Marina up on the art of kissing. Bella works in a diner while Marina also has a job but we never really learn what she does. Marina's father is dying and she takes him to and from doctors appointments and the clinic and they eventually live together in a motel room close to the hospital. Marina and her father like to watch David Attenbourough nature documentaries where she and her father mimic the animals featured in them. She mispronounces Attenbourough's name as Attenberg, thus the name of the film. Marina finds a boyfriend in an engineer (Giorgios Lanthimos whom she does not want to share with Bella. Athima Rachel Tsangari directs this original story written by her. Not much of a story here. Not much of a film here either. Good soundtrack to this film with music by Suicide, François Hardy, Daniel Johnston, J.J. Johnson's Beboppers and Marilena Orfanu. Lanthimos who plays Marina's boyfriend is best know as the director of the critically acclaimed film Dogtooth. Attenberg is Greece's official submission for consideration as Best Foreign Language Film to this years Academy Awards. Surely there were better films to come out of Greece so why they chose this one perplexes me. I would give this a 5.0 out of 10.