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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.

Critics Reviews

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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 Full Review Kristy Puchko Riot Material There's dark comedy, and then there's Efthimis Filippou. Jan 22, 2018 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member LOL, the funniest 01 hour: and 37 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member If you love super dark Greek comedies, you've gotta see this Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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