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Storyline

Amidst a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia, middle-aged Aris (Aris Servetalis) finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help unclaimed patients build new identities. Prescribed daily tasks on cassette tapes so he can create new memories and document them on camera, Aris slides back into ordinary life, meeting Anna (Sofia Georgovasili), a woman who is also in recovery. Through images deadpan, strange and surreal, Greek writer-director Christos Nikou posits a beguiling reflection on memory, identity, and loss, exploring how a society might handle an irreversible epidemic through one man’s story of self-discovery. Are we the sum of the images we compile and display of ourselves, or are we something richer, and deeper?

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Venice Film Festival 2020
Orizzonti
Seville European Film Festival 2020
The New Waves
The New Waves Section Best Film Award
REC - Tarragona International Film Festival 2020
Opera Prima
Audience Award
Seville European Film Festival 2021
EFA Selection

European Film Awards (EFA) 2021
Feature Film Selection

Releases

Spain (17 of December 2021)