A country noir road movie, ‘Sea of Glass' follows two women in an off-season Greek seaside resort who unexpectedly come together to confront the past, family stereotypes and the closed provincial community. Co-written by Afroditi Nikolaidou and Alexis Alexiou, ‘Sea of Glass' stars Evangelia Adreadaki (‘Arcadia', ‘Little England', ‘Smac') and Christiana Matelska Toka in her debut feature role, alongside Michalis Iatropoulos (‘Cheap Smokes', ‘Digger', ‘One Day in August'), Nikos Georgakis (‘Truants'), Thanos Tokakis (‘Eftihia', ‘Tokakis or What’s My Name') and Dimitris Tzoumakis (‘Wednesday 04:45').

Vangelio (65) is a prisoner in her own home, caring for her bedridden husband. Trapped in her routine and cut off from her two sons, she makes do with leafing through her collection of old guidebooks. The sudden death of her husband encourages her to make a ‘reckless’ decision: to go on holiday. She books a room at a tourist resort a few kilometres outside Chalkida, the capital of Evia.

It’s March in the off-season, and there are very few people around. At the fish tavern below the rental property, she meets 23-year-old Vicky, who runs the family business and looks after her difficult alcoholic father, who spends his days drinking with his buddies. One evening, when he turns on his daughter, Vangelio steps in to protect her. Violence rears its ugly head in the small seaside town, and like the waves of the stormy sea, the impact will be devastating.

‘Sea of Glass' grafts elements from the rural gothic noir tradition and road movies onto the contemporary iconography of the Greek countryside. Inspired by films from ‘Thelma & Louise' to ‘The Postman Always Rings Twice', the film is a compelling and poignant story focussing on two women thrown into an unexpected alliance.

“What connects them and poisons both their lives is domestic violence and oppression. But they are also linked by a common goal: the need to break free and find themselves” explains director Alexis Alexiou.

‘Sea of Glass' has been picked up by Greek powerhouse boutique distributor Weird Wave (‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma', ‘I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning', ‘Rose', ‘It was Just an Accident', ‘Aftersun') with a theatrical release scheduled for Greece and Cyprus this autumn.

EIFF SCREENINGS:
Wednesday 12th August at 14:00 at Filmhouse 1 (Press & Industry)
Sunday 16th August at 20:15 at Cineworld Screen 2 (World Premiere)
Monday 17th August at 15:30 at Filmhouse 2

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