In a small eel-farming town in the west of Greece, two women live solitary lives while dreaming of getting away. Elisabeth is a once-ambitious policewoman forced to relocate from Athens ten years ago and now living a joyless, hung-over life; Rita is the quiet, mysterious sister of a lounge singer in the local disco. When a sudden death upsets the town and turns the local community upside-down, the two women who had been ignoring each other’s existence 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 saviours.

cast Angeliki Papoulia, Youla Boudali, Christos Passalis, Argyris Xafis, Thanasis Dovris, Laertis Malkotsis, Maria Filini

writers Youla Boudali, Syllas Tzoumerkas

director Syllas Tzoumerkas

dop Petrus Sjovik

editor Andreas Wodraaschke

music drog_A_tek, Pheoebus, Jean-Paul Wall

production design Jorien Sont

costume design Marli Aliferi

commissioning editor Meinolf Zurhorst

producers Maria Drandaki,

Titus Kreyenberg, Ellen Havenith, Ole Wirenhed

in coproduction with Homemade Films, Graal,  PRPL, Dragon Films

in collaboration with ARTE and ERT

funded by Film und Medienstiftung NRW, DFFF, Greek Film Centre, Netherland Film Fonds, Film I Väst

sales New European Film Sales

distributor RealFiction

Berlinale Panorama 2019