Apples / Mila
Aris, a lonely middle-aged man, is one of many victims of a mysterious pandemic that causes sudden amnesia in those who fall ill. With no knowledge of who he is or where he comes from, Aris is selected for a newly developed treatment designed to help those affected to create a new identity. Via a tape recorder, he is given banal daily tasks to perform such as cycling, cinema visits and nights on the town. Aris must document
everything he does with a camera, thereby creating new memories. In the process, he meets the strange Anna, who, also suffering from memory loss, goes through the same programme. Aris soon begins to have doubts: Do new memories really create a new identity? And what is left of his old identity? With poetic imagery and quiet humour, director Christos Nikou’s feature film debut takes us on a surreal journey into the depths of human consciousness.
- Genre: Drama
- Country, Year: Greece, Poland, Slovenia, 2020
- Runtime: 90 Min
- Languages: Greek
- Subtitles: English, German
- Director: Christos Nikou
- Cast: Aris Servetalis, Sofia Georgovasili, Anna Kalaitzidou, Argiris Bakirtzis
- Screenplay: Christos Nikou, Stavros Raptis
- Cinematography: Bartosz Swiniarski
- Editor: Giorgos Zafeiris
- Sound: Leandros Ntounis, Saso Kalan, Tom Lemajic, Kostas Koutelidakis
- Music: The Boy
- Producers: Iraklis Mavroeidis, Angelos Venetis, Aris Dagios, Nikos Smpiliris, Mariusz Włodarski, Ales Pavlin, Andrej Stritof, Christos Nikou
- Production Companies: Boo Productions, Lava Films, PERFO Production
- World Sales: Alpha Violet
- Swiss Distribution: trigon-film
