Apathy
Directed by Alexandros Avranas
France, Sweden, Greece, Estonia, Germany, Finland 2024
Swedish, English - 95 min
Sergei and Natalia are political asylum-seekers who fled to Sweden with their two daughters, Katja and Alina, hoping for a new happy life. Those hopes are crushed when their application is rejected.
Their daughter Katja, traumatized by this episode, collapses and suddenly falls into a “coma”, a condition known as Resignation Syndrome or Apathy, explained as a self-protection against a feeling of fear.
They will try everything to create an atmosphere of safety, stability and hope which their daughter needs in order to wake up.
Over the last few years, more than 700 children have been diagnosed with the syndrome, in Sweden alone. Today, the cause and cure largely remain a mystery still.
DIRECTOR
Alexandros Avranas
SCRIPTWRITER
Alexandros Avranas, Stavros Pamballis
PRODUCERS
Alejandro Arenas, Olivier Guerpillon, Frida Hallberg
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Olympia Mytilinaiou
EDITING
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MAIN CAST
Chulpan Khamatova, Grigory Dobrygin, Naomi Lamp, Mira Pashulina, Eleni Roussinou, Johannes Bah Kuhnke, Lena Endre, Sofia Pekkari, Anna Bjelkerud, Alicia Eriksson, Lisa Löven Kongsli
PRODUCED BY
Les Films du Worso (Alejandro Arenas) France, in co-production with Elle Driver, Fox in the Snow Films (Olivier Guerpillon, Frida Halberg) Sweden, Senator Film Produktion, Amrion - Estonia, Playground (Kostas Sfakianakis) Greece, Asterisk - Greece, Making Movies (Kaarle Aho) Finland
IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH
ARTE France Cinéma, Accès Entertainment, Film i Väst, Faliro House, Exile Content, Sezz Film, Fink Film
WITH SUPPORT FROM
Swedish Film Institute
SWEDISH DISTRIBUTION
TriArt
WORLD SALES
Elle Driver
PREMIERE
TBD
THEATRICAL RELEASE
TBD