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Mare Nostrum

2020 · 26 min

A quiet, contemplative drift across time and coastline, more mood and image than story, asking patience of the viewer.

Directed by: Dimitris Anagnostou
Genres: Drama, History
Starring: Stathis Apostolou, Aris Balis, Penelope Darsaklis

Overview: 1863. In a vast and desolate coast, Grand Tour voyagers are seeking Arcadia and the ancient ruins, symbols of an emerging Greek and European identity. More than one century later, the body of an unidentified man lies on the same coast…

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Directed by: Dimitris Anagnostou
Genres: Drama, History
Starring: Stathis Apostolou, Aris Balis, Penelope Darsaklis

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Tone
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
memory
death
isolation
exploration
Places: countryside
sea
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	0
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, history
Directed by: Dimitris Anagnostou
Written by: Dimitris Anagnostou
Starring: Stathis Apostolou, Aris Balis, Penelope Darsaklis, Michel Demopoulos, Thanasis Dovris, Katerina Giannouli, Serafeim Radis, Vasilis Samourkas
Cinematography: Yiannis Karabatsos
Runtime: 26 min
Country: Greece
Languages: French, Greek

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