Pity

“Stay sad.”

6.3

2018

1h 37m

Drama

The story of a man who feels happy only when he is unhappy: addicted to sadness, with such need for pity, that he’s willing to do everything to evoke it from others. This is the life of a man in a world not cruel enough for him.

Key Crew

Director

Babis Makridis

Producers

Christos V. Konstantakopoulos

Beata Rzeźniczek

Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska

Writers

Babis Makridis

Efthymis Filippou

Cinematography

Konstantinos Koukoulios

Music

Mikołaj Trzaska

Cast (12)

Giannis Drakopoulos

Lawyer

Evi Saoulidou

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