September (2013)

Anna lives with her dog Manu. She thinks they will live together forever. When he dies, she buries him in the garden of the family across the street. But unlike Manu, the happy, bustling ... See full summary »

Director:

Penny Panagiotopoulou

Writers:

Penny Panagiotopoulou (scenario), Kallia Papadaki (scenario)

Stars:

Kora Karvouni, Maria Skoula, Nikos Diamandis

1 win & 8 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Kora Karvouni	...	Anna
Maria Skoula	...	Sofia
Nikos Diamandis	...	Stathis
Christos Stergioglou	...	Fellow traveller
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ioanna Agoridou	...	Family at tavern
Nicos Arvanitis	...	Family at tavern
Anna Kalaitzidou	...	Family at tavern
Irene Kolliakou	...	Nelly
Youlika Skafida	...	Charwoman
Anastasis Tzertzemelis	...	Stephanos

Storyline

Anna lives with her dog Manu. She thinks they will live together forever. When he dies, she buries him in the garden of the family across the street. But unlike Manu, the happy, bustling family does not need her love and affection. September is that ambivalent mood, between endings and beginnings, a struggle to find meaning and happiness out of life's ordinariness.

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Plot Keywords:

rain | bath | sleeping on couch | topless female nudity | female nudity | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Did You Know?

Quotes

Sofia's daughter: What do kids do in America ?
Ana: They are sad like everywhere in the world
Sofia's daughter: Like you ?

User Reviews

A solid drama about loneliness and depression during the economic crisis that blighted Greece

An interesting Drama that reveal the consequences of the economic crisis and how it reflects on the life of (Anna), a solitary Greek woman in her 30s, who was living alone with her dog (Manu), and how her life turned upside down after her dog gets ill and dies, as she don't have any money to catch her sister in the USA. As Anna tries to escape the loneliness and the emptiness of her life, she decides to share her grief with Sophia who lives nearby in a big house with a garden with her husband and two kids, Sophia agreed to bury the dog in her garden, that act that gives Anna an excuse to get very closer to Sophia and her family in a very weird way . you don't have to be a Greek to understand how the main actress desires and feels, but if you have a little background about the economic crisis in Greece and how it reflect on the Greek people you will easily got the point, a powerful acting from the lead actress, and an excellent and simple cinematography that exposed the loneliness in a very realistic way. Worth seeing for the people who like the European Cinema .

Details

Country:

Germany Greece

Language:

Greek

Release Date:

3 October 2013 (Greece)

Also Known As:

Rugsejis

Filming Locations:

Athens, Greece

Box Office

Budget:

EUR700,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Graal, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion GmbH, ZDF/Arte

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1