Absences

Absences

107 mins | Drama, Romance | Oct. 1, 1987

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.

Absences

107 mins | Drama, Romance | Oct. 1, 1987

Absences
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.
Producers Greek Film Centre, Hellenic Radio & Television
Original title Απουσίες
Directors Nikos Abatzis, Giorgos Katakouzinos, Thanos Anastopoulos
Writers Giorgos Katakouzinos, Dimitris Nollas

Cast

Themis Bazaka

as Eleni

Pemi Zouni

as Maria

Nikitas Tsakiroglou

as Mourouzis

Katerina Sarri

as Anna

Amalia Giza

as Maid

Elena Nathanail

as Mother

Nikos Tzogias

as Father