Pity (2018)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 37min
- Drama
- 11 Jan 2019 (USA)
- Movie
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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Awards:
- 10 wins & 20 nominations.
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Cast
Directed by
| Babis Makridis | ||
Written by
| Efthimis Filippou | ... | () (as Efthymis Filippou) |
| Babis Makridis | ... | () |
Produced by
| Peter Carlton | ... | co-producer |
| Stelios Cotionis | ... | co-producer (uncredited) |
| Stanislaw Dziedzic | ... | co-producer |
| Christos V. Konstantakopoulos | ... | producer |
| Jacek Kulczycki | ... | co-producer |
| Amanda Livanou | ... | producer |
| Afroditi Panagiotakou | ... | co-producer: Onassis Foundation (uncredited) |
| Anthony Papadimitriou | ... | co-producer: Onassis Foundation (uncredited) |
| Beata Rzezniczek | ... | producer |
| Klaudia Smieja | ... | producer |
| Magdalena Zimecka | ... | co-producer |
Music by
| Mikolaj Trzaska | ||
Cinematography by
| Konstantinos Koukoulios | ||
Editing by
| Yannis Chalkiadakis | ... | (as Giannis Halkiadakis) |
Editorial Department
| Marcelina Górka | ... | color grader |
| Wojciech Hryniewski | ... | DI |
| Leonidas Papafotiou | ... | assistant editor |
| Kamil Stec | ... | DI |
Casting By
| Christina Akzoti | ||
| Alex Kelly | ||
Production Design by
| Niki Katsantoni | ||
Set Decoration by
| Anna Georgiadou | ||
Costume Design by
| Dimitris Papathomas | ||
Makeup Department
| Daniel Babek | ... | hair stylist (as Daniela Bababekova) |
| Evi Zafiropoulou | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
| Iosif Adaloglou | ... | production manager |
| Justyna Juszczyk | ... | post-production manager |
| Fani Skartouli | ... | assistant production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Spyridoula Bageorgou | ... | first assistant director |
| Emmanouela Zacharopoulou | ... | scheduling assistant director |
Art Department
| Kallinikos Loukas | ... | property master |
Sound Department
| Stefanos Efthymiou | ... | sound recordist |
| Nikos Exarhos | ... | boom operator |
| Giorgos Farmakis | ... | additional boom operator |
| Kacper Habisiak | ... | post-production sound |
| Marcin Kasinski | ... | post-production sound |
| Chara Konstadara | ... | dialogue editor |
| Filip Krzemien | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Nikos Linardopoulos | ... | foley editor |
| Leandros Ntounis | ... | re-recording mixer (as Leandros Dounis) / sound designer (as Leandros Dounis) |
Special Effects by
| Solon Giannoutsos | ... | special effects: tear gas |
| Poulos Vasileios | ... | special effects: tear gas |
Visual Effects by
| Wojciech Kijkowski | ... | compositing |
| Michal Konwicki | ... | supervisor vfx |
| Mikolaj Korecki | ... | compositing |
| Mateusz Wroblewski | ... | compositing |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Kostas Drakakis | ... | second assistant camera |
| Giorgos Hatzimitros | ... | additional electrician |
| Orfeas Kalafatis | ... | drone operator |
| Kalliroi Karamanou | ... | additional lenses |
| Stamatis Kouros | ... | first assistant camera |
| John Koutsoulas | ... | drone operator (as Giannis Koutsoulas) |
| Margarita Nikitaki | ... | still photographer |
| Giannis Petzikis | ... | drone operator |
| Haris Pournias | ... | second electrician |
| Thanasis Stamopoulos | ... | steadicam assistant |
| Carolos Sturmey | ... | grip |
| Petros Tsampakouris | ... | DIT |
| Stathis Tsiapas | ... | electrician |
| Stefanos Tsigas | ... | camera |
| Michael Tsimperopoulos | ... | steadicam operator |
Casting Department
| Dimitris Zouras | ... | casting associate (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Nikoletta Haratzoglou | ... | assistant costume designer |
| Melina Magaliou | ... | assistant costume designer |
| Dafni Sgourou-Drosopoulou | ... | first assistant costume designer |
| Nefeli Sotiraki | ... | assistant costume designer |
| Marianna Zachariadou | ... | assistant costume designer |
Location Management
| Yota Skouvara | ... | location manager (as Giota Skouvara) |
Music Department
| Coti K. | ... | composer: song |
| Ifigeneia Kambyli | ... | piano instructor |
| Jacek Mazurkiewicz | ... | double bass |
| Tomasz Pokrzywinski | ... | cello |
| Pawel Szamburski | ... | clarinet |
| Mikolaj Trzaska | ... | bass clarinet / clarinet |
| Ola Trzaska | ... | music producer |
| Ignacy Jan Wisniewski | ... | piano (as Ignacy Wisniewski) |
Script and Continuity Department
| Karolina Zapatina | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
| Dimitris Kontomanolis | ... | vehicles |
| Vasilis Sgourakis | ... | vehicles |
Additional Crew
| Isavella Alopoudi | ... | production coordinator: Greece / translations |
| Kyriakos Avlonitis | ... | financial advisor |
| Manolis Charalampakis | ... | production assistant (as Manolis Charalampakis) |
| Julia Dalamanga | ... | legal counsel |
| Konstantinos Dallas | ... | dog trainer |
| Giannis Dontis | ... | financial advisor |
| Hrysanthi Ferle | ... | accountant: Faliro House |
| Kallia Grivea | ... | travel agent |
| Harris Halkiopoulos | ... | production assistant |
| Rachel Howard | ... | translations |
| Demi Kalavrouzioti | ... | legal counsel |
| Stavros Karakostas | ... | travel agent |
| Vlassis Kavouxis | ... | production assistant (as Vlassis Kavvouxis) |
| Amanda Livanou | ... | translations |
| Thanasis Mihopoulos | ... | caterer |
| Giorgos Moshovitis | ... | production assistant |
| Ewa Nowak | ... | translations |
| Giorgos Pandis | ... | financial advisor |
| Efi Papadopoulou | ... | dog trainer |
| Nikos Pastras | ... | making of / title designer |
| Hristos Pilatakis | ... | insurance |
| Agnieszka Pucilo | ... | production coordinator: Poland |
| Fani Skartouli | ... | legal counsel |
| Magdalena Sroka | ... | general director: Polish Film Institute |
| Alexis Stefanakis | ... | legal counsel |
| Michael Tzartzouras | ... | legal counsel: Faliro House (as Mihalis Tzartzouras) |
| Giorgos Vanopoulos | ... | certified accountant |
Thanks
| Elli Agianidi | ... | thanks |
| Dionysia Andrikopoulou | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Elina Baga | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Thimios Bakatakis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Babis Bakirtzoglou | ... | the producers wish to thank (as Haralambos Bakirtzoglou) |
| Giorgos Baliakas | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Robert Balinski | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Alexandra Briasouli | ... | special thanks |
| Dimitris Chalilopoulos | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Fenia Cossovitsa | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Pigmalion Dadakaridis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Menos Deliotzakis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Nikos Dinas | ... | thanks |
| Thanasis Dovris | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Maria Efstratiadi | ... | special thanks |
| Ohna Falby | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Seana Flanagan | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Nikos Fotakis | ... | thanks |
| Markos Fragos | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Giannis Gaitanidis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Gioula Gavrielatou | ... | thanks |
| Mina Gdysi | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Nikos Georgakis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Giorgos Georgakopoulos | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Giorgos Georganas | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Thanasis Giokas | ... | special thanks |
| Mihalis Gkatzogias | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Alexis Grivas | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Giorgos Gyiokas | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Eva Halkiadaki | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Zoi Halkiadaki | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Dimitris Halkiadakis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Nikolas Hanakoulas | ... | the producers wish to thank (as Nikos Hanakoulas) |
| Katerina Hatzianastasiadou | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Dennis Iliadis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Giorgos Iliopoulos | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| In Trance 95 | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Thalia Ioannidou | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Giannis Ioannou | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Dimitra Kakoulidi | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Chrysanthi Karfi Koi | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Theodosia Kelaiditi | ... | special thanks |
| Giorgos Kiousis | ... | special thanks |
| Izabela Kiszka-Hofilk | ... | the producers wish to thank (as Izabela Kiszka-Hoflik) |
| John Kitantzis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Konstantinos Kitzantzis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| George Korgianitis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Panos Koronis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Eleni Kossyfidou | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Christos Koukouzas | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Nikos Koumandarakis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Ioanna Kourbela | ... | thanks |
| Ileana Koutsouri | ... | thanks |
| Achilleas Kyriakidis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Yorgos Lanthimos | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Panayotis Lazarakos | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Konstantinos Limnidis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Mihalis Limnidis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Christos Loulis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Panagiotis Makridis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Christina Makridou | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Dimitris Marinos | ... | special thanks |
| Giannis Markakis | ... | special thanks |
| Vasilis Marmatakis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Ioanna Mavrea | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Yorgos Mavropsaridis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Ram Murali | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| John Nein | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Alexandra Neofytou | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Antonis Niflis | ... | thanks |
| Yiannis Nikolaidis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Paraskevi Nyfli | ... | thanks |
| Esperantza Pahou | ... | thanks |
| Tasos Pahou | ... | thanks |
| Afroditi Panagiotakou | ... | special thanks |
| Che Panousopoulos | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Leandros Panousopoulos | ... | thanks |
| Panos Panousopoulos | ... | thanks |
| Evi Panousopoulou | ... | thanks |
| Anthony Papadimitriou | ... | special thanks (as Antonis Papadimitriou) |
| Giorgos Papadimitriou | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Argyris Papadimitropoulos | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Tasos Papadopoulos | ... | thanks |
| Ilias Papagrigoriou | ... | special thanks |
| Giannis Papahristos | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Dimosthenis Papamarkos | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Phedon Papamichael | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Ilias Papamoshos | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Katerina Papanagiotou | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Sotiris Papastamatiou | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Alexios Papastavrou | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Kyros Papavassiliou | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Giannis Pardalis | ... | special thanks |
| Alketas Pazis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Dimitris Pezoulas | ... | thanks |
| Federico Pietra | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Stavros Raptis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Christos Sapountzis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Andreas Savvidis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Katerina Seferli | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Aris Servetalis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Vlassis Skoulis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Eirini Skouvara | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Vasilis Skouvaras | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Eirini Souganidou | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Eleni Sourani | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Lorentzos Spahos | ... | thanks |
| Yorgos Stefanakos | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Eva Stefani | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| George Stergiou | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Irena Strzalkowska | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Bianca Taal | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Kostas Tagalakis | ... | the producers wish to thank (as Konstantinos Tagalakis) |
| Hristos Triantafyllidis | ... | thanks |
| Greg Tselentis | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Dionysis Tsonopoulos | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Nikos Tsoupakis | ... | special thanks |
| Dimitris Tzanavaras | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Vicky Vasileiadi | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Christos Voudouris | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Spyros Voutsinas | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Alesia Weston | ... | the producers wish to thank |
| Marina Zorapa | ... | special thanks |
| Babis Zorapas | ... | special thanks |
| Yiannis Zorapas | ... | special thanks |
Production Companies
- Neda Film
- Faliro House Productions (presents)
- Madants
- Beben Films
- Onassis Cultural Center (in co-production with)
- Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) (in co-production with)
- Greek Film Centre (GFC) (in co-production with)
- ORKA (in co-production with)
- Film Produkcja (in co-production with)
- Foss Productions (in co-production with)
- Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej (co-financed by)
- Eurimages (with the support of)
Distributors
- Madness (2019) (Poland) (theatrical)
- StraDa Films (2018) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Tocana (2021) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Albatros Film (2022) (Japan) (DVD)
- MUBI (2018) (World-wide) (streaming)
- New Select K.K. (2022) (Japan) (DVD)
Special Effects
- Triedros (special effects: tear gas)
Other Companies
- AN-MAR Film (post-production facilities: Greece)
- Amerikaniki Agora (thanks)
- Athens Casting (casting)
- Athens Conservatoire (thanks)
- Blue Spot Travel (Travel Agency)
- Board of Certified Public Accountants (SOL) (certified accountant)
- Christakis (thanks)
- CineMart (presented in)
- Cinecrane (camera equipment provided by)
- Dardoumas Group (cranes)
- Dimello Coffee (acknowledgement)
- Dreamsound Studio (sound post-production)
- European Village (catering)
- Evropi Asfalistiki (insurance)
- Gatsoulis (thanks)
- Habitat (acknowledgement)
- I Hear Voices (sound post-production: Greece)
- Kilogram Records (recording studio: Poland)
- Kitantzis Plants and Supplies (acknowledgement)
- MAC Cosmetics (acknowledgement: cosmetics)
- MNP (design: booklet)
- Municipality of Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni (thanks)
- ORKA (D.I post production facility)
- Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center (OKK) (thanks)
- One Stop Films (lenses)
- Pagoni Maison des Cravates (thanks)
- Pallet Stores (acknowledgement)
- Star Dry Cleaning (thanks)
- Suono Studio (recording studio: Greece)
- Syrogianni (thanks)
- Temporary Showroom (acknowledgement)
- Treasure House (thanks)
- Voyager (vehicles)
- Yannis Sergakis (acknowledgement)
- Yesterday's Bread (thanks)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
With his comatose and hospitalised wife into a steadily critical condition, a neat and grief-stricken solicitor finds himself all alone to take care of his teenage son. Struggling to cope with a shocking new reality while shrouded by a thick veil of perpetual sadness, more and more, the stone-faced lawyer realises that extreme pain and misery can evoke intense pleasure, as the neighbours' unconditional sympathy becomes increasingly addictive. Now, the pained father's burgeoning dependence to pity and the kindness of others turns into a plentiful source of bliss, and he's prepared to go to great lengths to prolong it. However, what happens if, God forbid, his wife recovers? Written by Nick Riganas |
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| Taglines | Stay Sad. See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Film debut of Kostas Kotoulas. See more » |
| Movie Connections | References The Champ (1979). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Symphony No.9, 4th movement Ode To Joy See more » |
| Quotes |
Lawyer:
The expression that people adopt when they feel pity for someone is an expression that is hard for them to replicate, if you ask them to. They usually flutter their eyelids, lower their head, and say: I don't know what to say, courage, patience or something like that. See more » |