Pity (2018)

The story of a man who feels happy only when he is unhappy, a man addicted to sadness, who has such need for pity, he's willing to do everything to evoke it from others. This is the life of a man in a world not cruel enough for him.

Director:

Babis Makridis

Writers:

Efthymis Filippou, Babis Makridis

Stars:

Yannis Drakopoulos, Evi Saoulidou, Pavlos Makridis

6 wins & 18 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Yannis Drakopoulos	...	Lawyer (as Giannis Drakopoulos)
Evi Saoulidou	...	Wife
Pavlos Makridis	...	Son
Costas Xikominos	...	Nikos
Makis Papadimitriou	...	Dry clean shop owner
Nota Tserniafski	...	Victim's daughter (as Nota Cherniavsky)
Georgina Chryskioti	...	Good neighbor
Kostas Kotoulas	...	Grandpa
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Evdoxia Androulidaki	...	Secretary
Viktor Arditis	...	Music teacher
Nikos Karathanos	...	Victim's son
Angeliki Papoulia	...	Woman at hospital
Vasileia Rozana
Panagiotis Tasoulis	...	Boy at hospital
Marisha Triantafyllidou	...	Nurse

Storyline

The story of a man who feels happy only when he is unhappy, a man addicted to sadness, who has such need for pity, he's willing to do everything to evoke it from others. This is the life of a man in a world not cruel enough for him.

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

official site

Country:

Greece Poland

Language:

Greek

Release Date:

28 September 2018 (Greece)

Also Known As:

Pity

Company Credits

Production Co:

Beben Films, Faliro House Productions, Foss Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References The Champ (1979)

User Reviews

Let the Greek Weird Wave last forever!

What if Haneke's "The Seventh Continent" was shot by Lanthimos? Pity!

Haneke makes very good movies. Their only problem is they are not movies. Instead, they are sociological articles written by moving images. Whether intentionally or not, they fail to trigger emotions in the viewers. They just tell what they want to tell. Greek Weird Wave, on the other hand, catches the viewer with its absurdity and "injects" its position. And this is what I call "art."

Pity is a must-see about the emptiness of the middle class life flavored with a very well-tuned humor.