Siblings Paul and Irina grow up on a remote Greek island, as members of a religious community led by a mysterious guru named Fust. When Fust invites Irina to join him by his side, Paul feels abandoned. He must free his sister before it is too late – for the sect is already preparing its deadly end.
A Pure Place
A Pure Place
62nd TIFF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
Available at the Agora Market. |
- Direction: Nikias Chryssos
- Script: Nikias Chryssos, Lars Henning Jung
- Cinematography: Yoshi Heimrath
- Editing: Carsten Eder, Stephan Bechinger
- Sound: Marc Parisotto
- Music: John Gürtler, Jan Miserre
- Actors: Sam Louwyck, Greta Bohacek, Claude Heinrich, Daniel Strässer
- Production: Violet Pictures UG
- Producers: Alexis Wittgenstein
- Co-production: View Master Films, Greek Film Center, ΕΚΟΜΕ
- Co-producers: Effie Skrobola, George Kyriakos, Costas Labropoulos
- Costumes: Anna Wübber
- Sets: Spyros Laskaris
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Germany, Greece
- Production Year: 2020
- Duration: 91'
- Distribution in Greece: View Master Films (Effie Skrobola)
- Contact: The Playmaker, worldsales@playmaker.de
Nikias Chryssos
Nikias Chryssos is an award-winning director and writer based in Berlin. He studied Film & Video Production in England and directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg. His films have received various international awards. A Pure Place is his second feature film.
Filmography
2003 Down (short)
2004 Black Strawberries (short)
2004 The Stranger and the Monkey (short)
2006 Hochhaus (short)
2009 Der Grossvater (short)
2011 Mann liebt Hund (short)
2015 The Bunker
2021 A Pure Place