SummaryPart of the new wave of Greek cinema, Attenberg is an offbeat coming-of-age film. 23-year-old Marina is living in a small, factory town by the sea where her once-visionary architect father, has returned to die. Finding the human species foreign, she keeps her distance, choosing to observe mankind through Sir David Attenborough’s mammal documentar... Read More
Directed By:Athina Rachel Tsangari
Written By:Athina Rachel Tsangari
Attenberg
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Mar 5, 2012
91
With its persistent inventiveness and a lack of unearned sentimentality, the movie provides an antidote to a lot of lazily produced dramas about death, American or otherwise.
Mar 6, 2012
80
Attenberg shares with the Oscar-nominated "Dogtooth" a weakness for overgrown innocence and deadpan perversity.
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Apr 26, 2012
10
delightful, innovative, funny & alternative sad. more than 'the next big greek film' a great film. must see. the family dynamic, fun dance steps and deep rooted fears are trascendent in this very fine movie.
Apr 1, 2012
7
From a country that is trying to rediscover itself politically, financially and economically come a string of films (films such as Attenberg, Dogtooth, Alps, L) that share a common style: they all feel to be void of the human emotional undercoat and delivering quirky, and somewhat perversely captivating material that might seem disjointed for those looking for a conventional storytelling but is rewarding for those who are looking for alternative manifestations of them.
Apr 20, 2012
75
The film is much enhanced by the performance of Labed, whose work capturing Marina's moods and contradictions won the best actress award at the 67th Venice Film Festival.
Apr 5, 2012
70
From the gangly awkwardness of its opening scene - a pleasure-free lesson in kissing - it's clear that Attenberg aims to provoke. Its bored young characters and flat-affect performances recall another innovative Greek drama, "Dogtooth."
Mar 5, 2012
70
The father's resignation to that fate is, on balance, the most compelling aspect of the film, and I will not readily forget the sight of him staring out over the town and mourning the long history of his homeland. "We built an industrial colony on top of sheep pens," he says, "and thought we were making a revolution." Maybe Attenberg is topical, after all.
Mar 7, 2012
67
Stripped of all its random weirdness, Attenberg has the premise of a classic Yasujiro Ozu drama like "Late Spring," with its relationship between a widower approaching death and a devoted daughter who needs to leave the nest before it's too late.
Apr 3, 2011
3
An interesting, scenic painting of Greek landscape and urban microcosm. Interesting choice of making a coming of age story as confusing for the audience as for the protagonist in the film. But hey, maybe thats a good thing, the confusion. Right? The cinematography is worthy of a TEN, no question. This is not about escapism, the colors, the contrast, the scenery **** me in. But what about the nudity? Does 'but its EUROPEAN ergo it's okay' really explain all that needs to be explained? What about the dynamic in the homosexual exploration of the protagonist-why is that element unexamined, why does the director tie it in the growth of the protagonist?
Too many 'what do I make of this' to make me take Attenberg more seriously than viewing it as an attempt for a euro art film. New Greek filmmakers like Tsangari have potential, but need to write and read and watch films more, so that films like Attenberg are one day soon taken as a good pat on the back, but not as finalized products of creativity.
Production Company:
- Haos Film
- Greek Film Centre (GFC)
- Faliro House Productions
- Boo Productions
- STEFI Cine & TV Productions
- MEDIA Programme of the European Union
Release Date:Mar 9, 2012
Duration:1 h 35 m
Tagline:Sexy, strange and beautifully deranged.
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Awards
Venice Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
Hellenic Film Academy Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
FICUNAM Festival International de Cine UNAM
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
