Directed by Christos Nikou in his feature directorial debut, Apples, Greece’s entry for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards opens in US theaters in June. The film, an exploration of memory and identity, was an Official Selection of the Venice Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival and Mill Valley Film Festival.
Apples star Aris Servetalis, Sofia Georgovassili, Anna Kalaitzidou, along with Argyris Bakirtzis, and opens in theaters on June 24, 2022.
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 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?
Watch the official trailer for Apples. | Watch the first trailer for Christos Nikou’s Apples
IN THEATERS ON JUNE 24
New York City // Quad Cinemas 4
Los Angeles // Laemmle Royal
EXPANDS JULY 1
Boston, MA // Landmark Kendall Square Cinema
Chicago, IL // Music Box Theatre; Renaissance Place 5
New York, NY // Jacob Burns Film Center
Phoenix, AZ // Harkins Theatres Shea 14
San Francisco, CA // Opera Plaza Cinemas 4
Santa Barbara, CA // Paseo Nuevo
Washington, DC // Landmark E Street Cinema
JULY 8
Atlanta, GA // Midtown Art Cinemas 8
Columbus, OH // Gateway Film Center
Denver, CO // Esquire Theatre
Miami, FL // Tower Theater
Philadelphia, PA // Landmark Ritz 5 Movies
San Diego, CA // Hillcrest Cinemas
Seattle, WA // SIFF Film Center
Spokane, WA // Magic Lantern Theatre
JULY 15
Albany, NY // Spectrum 8
Indianapolis, IN // Keystone Art Cinema 7
Rochester, NY // Little Theatre
St. Louis, MO // Plaza Frontenac Cinema
JULY 22
Boise, ID // The Flicks 4
JULY 29
Portland, OR // Living Room Cinemas, Salem Cinemas
Boca Raton, FL // Living Room Cinemas
…and more to be announced!
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