67% Critic Match

Refused

6.7 / 10• 1980• 25m•NR• Greek

Horror

Storyline

Frieda Liappa in this short film casts an alternative gaze on the notion of historicity. Loukia is a teenager currently staying at her cousin’s house in Athens. Unlike her cousin she is timid and quite stressed for the school exam. She studies history. Between the lines of her book the historical events sprung up in a multidimensional way. Liappa transverses the dimensions of the real the imaginary and the symbolic. She invites the viewer to consider the construction of the filmic as well as the historical text. She succeeds in making a film with an open end and to leave room for our own contingent constructions.

Cast & Crew

Maritina Passari

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Lead

Tzoulieta Karori

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Nani Vasileiou

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Antonis Karkagiannis

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Georgia Gasparinatou

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Giorgos Kilimis

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Rita Kolaiti

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Leonidas Papadakis

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What People Are Saying

4.0

“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Frieda Liappa's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”

— Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

3.0

“Every frame feels alive. Refused is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”

— Anthony Lane, The New Yorker

Refused

6.7 / 10• 1980• 25m•NR• Greek

Horror

Storyline

Cast & Crew

Maritina Passari

—

Lead

Tzoulieta Karori

—

Nani Vasileiou

—

Antonis Karkagiannis

—

Georgia Gasparinatou

—

Giorgos Kilimis

—

Rita Kolaiti

—

Leonidas Papadakis

—

What People Are Saying

4.0

“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Frieda Liappa's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”

— Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

3.0

“Every frame feels alive. Refused is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”

— Anthony Lane, The New Yorker

Refused

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