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Kathartirio ()


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Seven different stories about love in modern Greece, by people who seek it, find it, lose it.

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Electra
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Monk
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Aphrodite
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Father
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Old man
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Woman in black
Christos Zaxarof ...
Young man A
Dimitris Fourlis ...
Young man B
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Officer's wife
Vangelis Psomas ...
Officer
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Clerk
Thanassis Chalkias ...
Colleague
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Vassilis
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Elvis
Alexios Kotsoris ...
Souliotis
Stefanos Kakavoulis ...
Jesus
Maria Karakitsou ...
Souliotisa
Anna Goula ...
Self
Dimitris Siganos ...
Diakos
Katerina Tsasi Dede ...
Mother of Young man A
Natalie Pawloff ...
Psychologist
Sevastopoulos Nikos ...
Far right man
Jim Moraitis ...
Man with cancer
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Christian
Gewrgia Mauroidopoulou ...
Young woman
Vasiliki Skordali ...
Far right woman
Panos Zournatzidis ...
Homeless
Xristos Bosmos ...
Right-wing extremist
Angeliki Bini ...
Nurse
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Odysseas Chalkias ...
Fan of Anna Goula
Vassilis Dimopoulos ...
Priest
Maria Douka ...
Citizen
Arianna Hatzigalanou ...
Fanatic
Nikita Iliopoulou ...
Officiant
Katerina Katsiari ...
Fanatic
Polyvios Moukoulis ...
Fanatic
George Ntokos ...
Priest
Odysseas Pagoulatos ...
Nurse
Nick Papaioannou ...
Nurse
Marina Sifaki ...
Fanatic
Christos Siokos ...
boyfriend of Anna Goula

Directed by

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Vasilis Mazomenos

Written by

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Vassilis Goudelis ... (co-writer)
 
Vasilis Mazomenos ... (story by)
 
Vasilis Mazomenos ... (written by)

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Konstantinos Alatas ... co-producer
Vasilis Alatas ... co-producer
Lampros Georgopoulos ... executive producer
Vasilis Mazomenos ... producer
Panos Papadopoulos ... producer

Music by

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Alexander Christaras
Michalis Nivolianitis

Cinematography by

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Fotis Mitsis

Editing by

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Alexander Christaras
Evi Loi

Production Design by

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Vasilis Mazomenos

Art Direction by

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Dimitra Panagiotopoulou

Costume Design by

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Sophia Katsoura

Makeup Department

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Afroditi Misiakouli ... makeup artist
Alexandros Xatzieleytheriadis ... hair stylist

Production Management

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Marianna Kontouli ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Petros Kalfamanolis ... first assistant director
Christos Siokos ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Chara Kolaiti ... assistant art director / property master

Sound Department

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Costas Chrysogelos ... sound designer / sound mixer
Alkidis Dimitris ... boom operator
Philip Marinelis ... dialogue editor
Antonis Samaras ... sound recordist

Special Effects by

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Elena Konstantinidou ... special effects supervisor / special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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Thodoris Adamopoulos ... key grip
Vasilis Anastasakis ... electrician
Spyros Kontorouhas ... focus puller
Fotis Mitsis ... camera operator
Aris Politopoulos ... gaffer
Petros Steriotis ... second assistant camera
Penny Theodosiou ... d.i.t.
Christos Tsakonas ... grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Myrsini Georgiadou ... wardrobe

Script and Continuity Department

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Antonis Pontikis ... continuity

Additional Crew

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Davris Alexandros ... production assistant
Merianos Giorgos ... production staff
Evangelos Nikolaou ... production assistant
Ioanna Tsilili ... production staff
Nikos Varvaroglou ... production coordinator

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

A monk leads a procession in an attempt to open a temple, which the authorities have closed due to a pandemic. A young girl, a victim of abandonment and exploitation, is rescued from prostitution when her long-lost father reappears. Two college boys, scions of wealthy families, become perpetrators of violent incidents, unjustifiably injuring a woman. A policewoman convinces an elderly man suffering from dementia that he is her father. A couple tries to recover their broken relationship ending in loneliness. A woman expresses her anger to a civil servant after losing her husband because of his indifference. A middle-class man sneaks his best friend, who is suffering from cancer, out of the hospital to give him a beautiful end by the sea. Written by Horme Pictures

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Taglines I came back from the dead to find you See more »
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Also Known As
  • Καθαρτήριο (Greece)
  • Purgatory (Canada, English title)
  • Purgatory (World-wide, English title)
  • Purgatoire (France)
  • Fegefeuer (Germany)
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Runtime
  • 95 min
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Trivia The sound from the film shown on television and heard twice in the couple's house, in the fifth story, comes from Mazomenos' previous film "Exile". See more »

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