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Apples

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Amidst a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia, middle-aged Aris (Aris Servetalis) finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help unclaimed patients build new identities. Prescribed daily tasks on cassette tapes so he can create new memories and document them on camera, Aris slides back into ordinary life, meeting Anna (Sofia Georgovasili), a woman who is also in recovery. Through images deadpan, strange and surreal, Greek writer-director Christos Nikou posits a beguiling reflection on memory, identity, and loss, exploring how a society might handle an irreversible epidemic through one man's story of self-discovery. Are we the sum of the images we compile and display of ourselves, or are we something richer, and deeper?
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Apples explores human identity from a surreal and often humorous perspective, with peculiar yet ultimately thought-provoking results.

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Christina Newland iNews.co.uk 09/23/2024
4/5
Apples is its own creation, becoming stranger and richer and sweeter as it progresses. Go to Full Review
Barry Hertz Globe and Mail 07/07/2022
We’re able to invest ourselves in Nikou’s world because we can so easily see ourselves in Servetalis’s character. Go to Full Review
Kathleen Sachs Chicago Reader 07/01/2022
What this surreal microcosm ends up conveying about the human experience extends past the frame and into viewers’ hearts and minds. Go to Full Review
Amy Smith InSession Film 03/01/2024
B
This is a distinct new voice within the film industry and I certainly cannot wait to see what he does next. Go to Full Review
Sarah Vincent Cambridge Day 08/16/2023
3/4
Nikou leverages 14842’s journey to illustrate that there is joy in embracing immense personal, past anguish over impersonal collateral sorrow at the hands of acquaintances and strangers. Go to Full Review
Kathy Fennessy Video Librarian Magazine 12/20/2022
3/5
If the conclusion to [Christos] Nikou's debut doesn't land as effectively as it could, he casts an enchanting spell through deft direction combined with [Aris] Servetalis's consistently compelling performance.   Go to Full Review
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Tom M Apr 22 Odd little film. A man tries to escape the past, but simply can't. Slow paced, deadpan greek cinema. Compared to Yorgos Lanthimos. No comparison really. Yorgos is funnier. See more S L 01/08/2024 Playful, warm, hearkbreaking and gentle. We need more films like this. See more Louis H 10/06/2023 Bittersweetness is the best way to describe the roller coaster of emotions I felt while watching this film, ultimately ending in an ache for the fleetingness of it all. See more isla s 09/03/2022 This is very much a quirky and arty 'indie' type film. it is somewhat thoughtful - I've heard of such things happening in reality, with people suddenly suffering from memory loss - secondary school pupils in the US I think. This film is interesting in terms of the themes or concepts about identity, purpose, layers in life - like the layers of an apple, the depth of the brain or mind which contains your self identity. I'm not sure I can say too much about this film really, other than its intriguing I suppose. It raises questions and doesn't really answer them but thats kind of fair enough. I would recommend this film if your keen on European cinema, yes. See more 08/09/2022 Surprisingly well-made, Apples is a fine example of what one can achieve despite the small budget. See more Joe C @JoeinAtl 07/11/2022 This is a challenging but excellent watch. The Greek first-time director uses similar pacing, lighting and cinematography to his fellow Grecian director of "The Lobster." "Apples" is more accessible than the former title, with many unexplained quirks but not absurdist. The apple itself plays prominently in the lead's choices, and his struggles show through, as well as his struggling interaction with his counterpart. The Greek dialogue is subtitled, so you have to keep up. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Amidst a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia, middle-aged Aris (Aris Servetalis) finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help unclaimed patients build new identities. Prescribed daily tasks on cassette tapes so he can create new memories and document them on camera, Aris slides back into ordinary life, meeting Anna (Sofia Georgovasili), a woman who is also in recovery. Through images deadpan, strange and surreal, Greek writer-director Christos Nikou posits a beguiling reflection on memory, identity, and loss, exploring how a society might handle an irreversible epidemic through one man's story of self-discovery. Are we the sum of the images we compile and display of ourselves, or are we something richer, and deeper?
Director
Christos Nikou
Producer
Iraklis Mavroidis, Angelos Venetis, Aris Dagios, Mariusz Włodarski, Christos Nikou
Screenwriter
Christos Nikou, Stavros Raptis
Distributor
Cohen Media Group
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 24, 2022, Limited
Runtime
1h 31m