Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria

(Screens with The Daughter)

Greece, 2012, 35mins (Short)
Director Athina Rachel Tsingari

Written by Athina Rachel Tsangari & Aleksandra Waliszewska
Produced by Maria Hatzakou, Kyriacos Karseras & Athina Rachel Tsangari
Cast: Ariane Labed, Clémence Poésy, Isolda Dychauk, Evangelia Randou, Aurora Marion, Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Sofia Dona

The director of Attenberg and frequent collaborator of Giorgos ‘Dogtooth’ Lanthimos delivers this hauntingly beautiful short film.

Described by its maker as “a Greek Gothic mystery”, The Capsule sees seven young women in a mansion perched on a Cycladic rock (shot on the island of Hydra). They undergo a series of lessons in discipline, desire, discover and disappearance, while teetering on the brink of womanhood.

Characterised by highly stylised imagery, this film was produced as a partner piece to an installation for the DesteFashionCollection 2012 in New York.

“An haute couture-clad coming-of-age fantasy… flirting with elements of melodrama, horror and even fetishism.” Yatzer

Festivals & Awards: Toronto International Film Festival 2012, Sundance Film Festival 2013, Locarno International Film Festival 2012, London Film Festival 2012

About the Director:
Athina Rachel Tsangari has a BA in Literature from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, an MA in Performance from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and an MFA in Film Directing from the University of Texas in Austin. Her films include The Slow Business of Going (2001) and Attenberg (2010).

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