YEAR:
2020
Persephone
A Greek-Japanese Cine-Operetta, where the ancient Greek myth of the Abduction of Persephone comes alive before the eyes of a Japanese group, as the arrival of a stranger man forces the family members of the hostel ‘Persephone’ to identify themselves with the fate of the mythological heroes.
- 2019, Thessaloniki International Film Festival – Greek Debut Film Award
- 2020, The Greek Film Festival in Berlin Germany
- 2020, Molodist / Kyiv International Film Festival Ukraine
- 2020, Chania Film Festival Greece
- 2020, Griechische Filmwoche Munich, Germany
- 2020, Grekiska Filmdagar Stockholm, Sweden
DIRECTOR(S):
Costas Athousakis
WRITER(S):
Calliopi Bredologou & Costas Athousakis
PRODUCER(S):
Costas Athousakis
CAST:
Elisa Lekakou, Dimitris Imellos, Katerina Lipiridou, Evangelia Karakatsani, Aggelos Skasilas
CINEMATOGRAPHER:
Simon Sarketzis
PRODUCTION DESIGNER:
Chrysa Kourtoumi
EDITOR:
Dimitris Polydoropoulos
MUSIC:
Nikos Veliotis
RUNTIME:
88 minutes
COUNTRY:
Greece
PREMIERE:
North American
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About the director
Costas Athousakis was born in 1975 in Chania, Greece. He studied Film Directing in Stavrakos Film School and since then has lived in Athens. He worked as an assistant director on several feature films and directed the shorts ‘Surele’ (1999, 16’), ‘The Return’ (2005, 11′) and ‘Spinalonga’ (2007, 20′). Persephone is his debut feature film as a director and producer.