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Standing Aside, Watching

2013 · 98 min

A slow-burning, morally charged drama that simmers with quiet tension and a sense of place.

Directed by
Giorgos Servetas
Genres
Drama
Starring
Marina Symeou, Marianthi Pantelopoulou, Nikos Georgakis
Overview
Antigone returns from Athens to her troubled hometown, determined to keep a low profile. But this is a complex, difficult woman — her name is no coincidence — and her run-ins with the town's brutish men set a dramatic series of events in motion. A moral drama with an edge.

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Directed by
Giorgos Servetas
Genres
Drama
Starring
Marina Symeou, Marianthi Pantelopoulou, Nikos Georgakis
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • power
  • gender
  • isolation
  • morality
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
Giorgos Servetas
Starring
Marina Symeou, Marianthi Pantelopoulou, Nikos Georgakis, Giorgos Kafetzopoulos, Konstadinos Siradakis, Giorgos Ziovas, Giannis Drakopoulos
Music
Io
Cinematography
Claudio Bolivar
Runtime
98 min
Country
Greece
Languages
Greek

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