Germany-Switzerland-Greece 1992, 35mm, colour, 84'
SYNOPSIS
The arrival of a stranger on a small and remote island in the Aegean has the effect of uncovering a family tragedy. The closed male society covers up incest and rape, making the women into mute accomplices.
It takes the death of a girl and the persecution of the stranger to finally break the silence.
CREDITS & CAST
- Written and directed by:
- Angeliki Antoniou
- Script Collaborators:
- Andrea Kuhn, Peter Eisenstein, Christos Antoniou
- Producer:
- Joschim von Vietinghoff
- Production:
- Von Vietinghoff Film Production GmbH
- Co-production:
- Kyros Film, Flash films, WDR, Greek Film Centre, SWF, EINS PLUS
- Direction of Photography:
- Pio Corradi
- Art direction:
- Anastasia Arseni
- Editing:
- Yannis Tsitsopoulos
- Sound:
- Nikos Papadimitriou
- Music:
- Nikos Kypourgos
- Cast:
- Christina Papamichou, André Hennicke, Dimitris Poulikakos, Gerasimos Skiadaressis, Eva Kotamanidou, Christos Tsagas
DISTRIBUTION
- Germany:
- BASIS FILM VERLEIH
- Switzerland:
- LOOK NOW!
- Greece:
- SPENTZOS FILM
WORLD SALES
FESTIVALS & AWARDS (SELECTION)
- Rated by the German Movie Association as "valuable"
- Locarno International Film Festival, Competition, 1992:
- Youth Jury Award for Best Film (A' Prix de la Jeunesse)
- Nominated for Golden Leopard
- 33rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Competition, 1992:
- Best Supporting Actor (Dimitris Poulikakos)
- Honorary Distinction of The Greek Ministry of Culture
- Nominated for Golden Alexander
- Valladolid International Film Festival, 1992
- Hof International Film Festival, 1992
- International Film Festival of India, 1993
- Göteborg Film Festival, 1993
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Film Art Festival, 1993
PRESS
A wonderful film!
Jules Dassin
BERNER ZEITUNG (Switzerland)
Donusa unfolds with the impact of a Greek tragedy
Josef Bosshart
MOVIE NEWS
An intensely upsetting and frightening chronicle of incest
Claudia Schwartz
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG (Switzerland)
Donusa is everywhere!
Pia Horlacher
ANABELLE (Switzerland)
A great woman's film
Irene Genhart
CULTURE...ELLES (Festival Locarno)
Donusa, un des plus beaux films en competion
Marianne Robert
LA REPUBBLICA (Italy)
[...] o che il torvo Donusa Sa dove la greca Angeliki Antoniou spedise un fotografo tedesco neel inverno di una sperduta isola egea, ci appae comme un' ammirevole griglia narrativa se non addiritura come un thriller d' atmosphera.
Paolo d' Agostini
CINEMA Kino.dvd.community
Das mit dem "Prix de la Jeunesse 1992" ausgezeichnete Drama von Angeliki Antoniou malt subtil eine befremdliche "Idylle" in fahlem Licht und verwaschenen Farben.
FILMTABS
Angeliki Antoniou und ihr schweizer Kameramann Pio Corradi vermitteln "Donusa" mit distanzierten, aber dennoch sehr eindringlichen Bildern. Der Preisträger des Festivals von Locarno fasziniert und erschüttert gleichermaßen.
Günter H. Jekubzik