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Konstantina KotzamaniScénario:
Konstantina KotzamaniRésumés(1)
'Washingtonia' is an alternative name for Athens. Washingtonia robusta is considered one of the world's most elegant palm varieties, which is why it was imported to Greece for the Olympic Games in 2004 as the majority of indigenous palms had fallen prey to the red palm weevil, who eat the heart of the palm. The pests however, do not like to eat the hearts of the Washingtonia as they are too narrow.
Giraffes have the biggest hearts in the world, and their heartbeat dominates the world. In the midst of summer, when the heat is at its greatest, other animals are no longer able to hear the giraffe's heart beating and confusion sets in. They search for the beat; that is the moment when strange things occur.
In the urban jungle of Athens, people encounter one another, forever searching.
They are creatures enveloped by tranquility. Fairy-like, they traverse the urban landscape, without knowing where they want to go. Their behaviour is influenced by yearning alone. A film about love.
(Berlinale)
Critiques (1)
(50th KVIFF) At first I wanted to write something in the sense that European cinema could do without these new, young Greek female directors, but to be sure, I watched again one of their previous shorts, Pigs, and it was quite interesting in its bizarre surrealist atmosphere, so I won’t write that. Washingtonia is just one of those films that is totally beyond my scope. A moody look at Athens and several small characters, palms and giraffes. It’s incomprehensible and failed to entertain me even a little, in spite of its short run. 15%
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Photo © 50. MFF Karlovy Vary 2015
