Movie

Absences (1987)

• October 1, 1987
• 1h 47m

• Romance
• Drama

Overview

A family story of incest, decadence and desolation. Greece, early twentieth century. A bourgeois family is on the verge of breaking up. The mother has abandoned the family, and the father, a retired officer, keeps his three daughters, as well as the illegitimate son of the oldest daughter, confined in the house. After his death, the three sisters live through their personal drama. The eldest, Eleni, imbued with the morals of the time and closely identifying with her father, tries to take his place. The middle one, Maria, representing rebellion, goes off with a captain of the sanitation service, while the youngest, Anna, skating on thin ice through all this, is completely destroyed.

Director

Giorgos Katakouzinos

Writers

Dimitris Nollas, Giorgos Katakouzinos

Starring

Themis Bazaka, Pemi Zouni, Nikitas Tsakiroglou