In a small eel-farming town in western Greece, two women lead solitary lives while dreaming of getting away. One of them is Elisabeth, a once-ambitious policewoman forced to relocate from Athens ten years ago and now living a joyless, hung over life; the other is Rita, a quiet, mysterious sister of a local music star. When a sudden suicide case upsets the town and turns the local community upside-down, the two women, who have been ignoring each other’s existence so far, begin drifting towards each other. As the secrets hidden in the swamps begin to surface, they will have a chance to become each other’s saviors.
The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea
Το θαύμα της Θάλασσας των Σαργασσών
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- Direction: Syllas Tzoumerkas
- Script: Youla Boudali, Syllas Tzoumerkas
- Cinematography: Petrus Sjövik
- Editing: Andreas Wodraschke
- Sound: Felix Siewert, Marco Vermaas
- Music: Jean-Paul Wall, drog_A_tek, Phoebus
- Actors: Angeliki Papoulia, Christos Passalis, Youla Boudali, Argyris Xafis, Thanasis Dovris, Laertis Malkotsis, Maria Filini, Michalis Kimonas, Christian Culbida, Michalis Mathioudakis
- Production: Homemade Films
- Producers: Maria Drandaki
- Co-production: unafilm, PRPL, Kakadua Filmproduktion, Film I Väst, ZDF/Arte, ERT, NOVA, GFC, Film und Medienstiftung NRW, Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Film Production Incentive, Swedish Film Institute, DFFF
- Co-producers: Titus Kreyenberg, Ellen Havenith, Olle Wirenhed, Anthony Muir
- Costumes: Marli Aliferi
- Sets: Jorien Sont
- Make Up: Evi Zafiropoulou, Linda Boije af Gennäs
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Greece, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden
- Production Year: 2019
- Duration: 121΄
- Distribution in Greece: StraDa Films
- Contact: New Europe Film Sales, office@neweuropefilmsales.com
Syllas Tzoumerkas
Syllas Tzoumerkas was born in Thessaloniki. He directed the feature films Homeland (Venice Critics’ Week 2010), A Blast (Locarno International Competition 2014), The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea (Berlinale Panorama 2019), and, in co-direction with Christos Passalis, The City and the City (Berlinale Encounters Competition 2022).
Filmography
2001 The Devouring Eyes (short)
2002 Rain (short)
2010 Homeland
2014 A Blast
2017 A Manifesto for the Un-Communal (short)
2019 The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea
2022 The City and the City (co-direction)
2023 Μy Mother is a Saint (short)
2002 Rain (short)
2010 Homeland
2014 A Blast
2017 A Manifesto for the Un-Communal (short)
2019 The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea
2022 The City and the City (co-direction)
2023 Μy Mother is a Saint (short)
