A Pure Place

A Pure Place

62nd TIFF: Greek Premiere

Siblings Paul and Irina grow up on a remote Greek island, as members of a religious community led by a mysterious guru named Fust. When Fust invites Irina to join him by his side, Paul feels abandoned. He must free his sister before it is too late – for the sect is already preparing its deadly end.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Available at the Agora Market.

Direction: Nikias Chryssos
Script: Nikias Chryssos, Lars Henning Jung
Cinematography: Yoshi Heimrath
Editing: Carsten Eder, Stephan Bechinger
Sound: Marc Parisotto
Music: John Gürtler, Jan Miserre
Actors: Sam Louwyck, Greta Bohacek, Claude Heinrich, Daniel Strässer
Production: Violet Pictures UG
Producers: Alexis Wittgenstein
Co-production: View Master Films, Greek Film Center, ΕΚΟΜΕ
Co-producers: Effie Skrobola, George Kyriakos, Costas Labropoulos
Costumes: Anna Wübber
Sets: Spyros Laskaris
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Germany, Greece
Production Year: 2020
Duration: 91'
Distribution in Greece: View Master Films (Effie Skrobola)
Contact: The Playmaker, worldsales@playmaker.de

Nikias Chryssos

Nikias Chryssos is an award-winning director and writer based in Berlin. He studied Film & Video Production in England and directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg. His films have received various international awards. A Pure Place is his second feature film.

Filmography

2003 Down (short)
2004 Black Strawberries (short)
2004 The Stranger and the Monkey (short)
2006 Hochhaus (short)
2009 Der Grossvater (short)
2011 Mann liebt Hund (short)
2015 The Bunker
2021 A Pure Place