Fresh
Tsangari's art-house minimalism, which never lets us forget we're watching a movie, still permits a surprising degree of tender emotion.
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
Attenberg
Sexy, strange and beautifully deranged.
2010 · 1h 37m · NOT RATED
Drama
Directed by
Athina Rachel Tsangari
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Attenberg
Overview
Marina, 23, is growing up with her architect father in a prototype factory town by the sea. Finding the human species strange and repellent, she keeps her distance...that is until a stranger comes to town and challenges her to a foosball duel, on her own table. Her father, meanwhile, ritualistically prepares for his exit from the 20th century, which he considers to be "overrated."
Director and cast
- Athina Rachel Tsangari Director
- Ariane Labed as Marina
- Evangelia Randou as Bella
- Vangelis Mourikis as Spyros
- Yorgos Lanthimos as Engineer
- Kostas Berikopoulos as Funeral Home Employee
- Michel Demopoulos as Hospital Manager
- Alexandros Niagos as Bella's Boyfriend
- Vassilia Rozana as Nurse
- Fidelis Attame as Forklift Driver
- Antonis Nousaharlis as Forklift Driver
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
81%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Using occasional song-and-dance numbers with a melancholy Godardian kick, [Tsangari] creates a world that's off-center and alive with loneliness.
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
Part of the film's success comes from Labed's performance as Marina, who infuses all that weirdness with a barely there vulnerability.
Stephanie Merry, Washington Post
Fresh
"Attenberg" is a three-layered love story, anatomizing the mysterious emotions of grief, friendship and erotic attraction.
A.O. Scott, New York Times
Fresh
The drama, at its core, is simple and conventional, but it has the aura of science fiction.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
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