OIKTOS
Greece, Poland
The story of a man who feels happy only when he is unhappy, a man addicted to sadness, who has such need for pity, he's willing to do everything to evoke it from others.
This is the life of a man in a world not cruel enough for him.
Babis was born in Kastoria, northern Greece, in 1970. He studied film direction at the Stavrakos Film School in Athens. He started working as a director in 2000 and since then he has directed countless commercials and video clips. His short film THE LAST FAKIR (2005) won the Newcomer's Prize at the Drama Short Film Festival, Greece. His debut feature L (2012) was presented in competition at Sundance Film Festival, Rotterdam Tiger Awards and many other international festivals. PITY is his second feature film.
Directed by: Babis Makridis
Written by: Babis Makridis, Efthimis Filippou
Produced by: Amanda Livanou, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Klaudia Smieja, Beata Rzeźniczek
Cinematography: Konstantinos Koukoulios
Editing: Yannis Chalkiadakis
Production Design: Anna Georgiadou
Costume Design: Dimitris Papathomas
Make-Up & Hair: Evi Zafiropoulou
Original Score: Mikolaj Trzaska
Sound Design: Leandros Ntounis
Visual Effects: Michał Konwicki
Cast: Makis Papadimitriou (dry cleaner), Yannis Drakopoulos (lawyer), Evi Saoulidou (wife), Nota Tserniafski (sister)