Pity

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Pity

2018

1h 37m

Comedy

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20 Reviews

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When his wife re-emerges from a long-lasting coma, a middle-aged lawyer concocts increasingly elaborate ways to try to regain what he misses most: the pity of others.

Tomris Laffly

RogerEbert.com

A disturbing and oftentimes very funny satire-drama, Pity is about that complex, primal human craving called empathy and the distance we're willing to go to summon it.

Jun 28, 2018

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Kristy Puchko

Riot Material

There's dark comedy, and then there's Efthimis Filippou.

Jan 22, 2018

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Guy Lodge

Variety

Its sharpest passages ... exert the bracing, mouth-shuddering tang of neat ouzo: You know how it's going to taste, but it leaves you wincing anyway.

Jan 22, 2018

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D.M. Palmer

Vague Visages

What saves Pity, and the ‘Greek Weird Wave’ as a whole, from tipping into nihilism is the humanism at its core; it is the pessimism of thwarted hopes rather than the negative drive of cynicism.

Nov 8, 2023

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Guillem Martinez Oya

Cinematismo

A really good film about the actual times that we live in. A masterpiece about the importance of the pity in nowadays life. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

May 29, 2019

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John Tones

Espinof

The dramatic interpretation of Drakopoulos gives unity to all of the tones in the film and leads 'Pity' to reveal itself as one of the most valuable, sarcastic and evil reflections on human emotion of recent times. [Full Review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

May 8, 2019

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LOL, the funniest 01 hour: and 37 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

If you love super dark Greek comedies, you've gotta see this

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Audience Member

This story, under any other writer or director, could have easily been brought to fruition as a profoundly dismal drama. "Pity," though, is quite hilarious. The movie is something you feel you shouldn't be laughing at but it's so poignantly directed, cleverly written and ballistically absurd that you can't help but smile, though you may be simultaneously covering your eyes and cringing. "Pity" is immature and uncompromisingly brutal - in a good way, though one may feel a sense of questionable guilt admitting it. The absolute absurdity is balanced with humorous editing and gorgeous cinematography solidifying "Pity" as a favorite from this year's DFF.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Synopsis

When his wife re-emerges from a long-lasting coma, a middle-aged lawyer concocts increasingly elaborate ways to try to regain what he misses most: the pity of others.

Director: Babis Makridis
Producer: Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Amanda Livanou, Beata Rzeźniczek, Klaudia Śmieja
Screenwriter: Babis Makridis, Efthymis Filippou
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: Greek
Runtime: 1h 37m