SYNOPSIS
For many years, Nadja has worked as a housekeeper for an upper class Greek couple and their daughter. She’s allowed to feel like part of the family. When she’s diagnosed with a serious illness, and the man of the house runs into financial difficulties due to the economic crisis, Nadja loses her job. Yet she shows no external sign of how these two traumatic events have affected her.
Awards
Ecumenical Jury, Prize | Berlinale, Germany, 2014
CAST & CREW
Athanasios Karanikolas
Director
Producer(s)
Lasse Scharpen, Argyris Papadimitropoulos
Script
Athanasios Karanikolas
Director of Photography
Johannes Louis
Production designer
Aliki Kouvaka
Music by
Marietta Fafouti
Sound
Valentin Finke, Johannes Schmelzer-Ziringer
Edit
Lorna Hoefler Steffen, Monika Weber
Cast
Maria Kallimani, Marisha Triantafyllidou, Alexandros Logothetis, Zoi Asimaki, Giannis Tsortekis, Ieronimus Kaletsanos
Production company(ies)
SHPN3 Films Schuchert Scharpen Dudenstr. 83, 10965 Berlin, Germany
Athanasios Karanikolas
(born Thessaloniki, Greece, 1967) Studied photography at the New School for Social Research and at Parsons School of Design, both in New York. He then studied video and media art at the Art Academy in Dusseldorf, as well as directing at the University of Film and Television Konrad Wolf in Potsdam-Babelsberg. In 2007, he made his first feature-length film, Elli Makra, 42277 Wuppertal. Along with his work as a filmmaker, Karanikolas also teaches directing at various universities as well as for the theatre.
Filmography
The Forest (2000, short), S (2001, short), Savior (2003, short), Deer (2004, short), Best Worst Mistake (2005, short, doc.), Elli Makra, 42277 Wuppertal (2007), Khaima (2011), Echolot (2013), At Home (2014).
