Attenberg
2010 film
title: "Attenberg" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2010-films", "2010-drama-films", "2010-independent-films", "2010s-greek-language-films", "films-produced-by-yorgos-lanthimos", "films-set-in-greece", "greek-drama-films", "greek-independent-films", "greek-avant-garde-and-experimental-films", "films-directed-by-athina-rachel-tsangari", "2010s-avant-garde-and-experimental-films", "2010s-greek-films"] description: "2010 film" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attenberg" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary 2010 film ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox film"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Attenberg |
| image | Attenberg.jpg |
| caption | Film poster |
| director | Athina Rachel Tsangari |
| producer | Maria Hatzakou |
| Yorgos Lanthimos | |
| Iraklis Mavroidis | |
| Athina Rachel Tsangari | |
| Angelos Venetis | |
| writer | Athina Rachel Tsangari |
| starring | Ariane Labed |
| Vangelis Mourikis | |
| Evangelia Randou | |
| Yorgos Lanthimos | |
| cinematography | Thimios Bakatakis |
| editing | Matt Johnson |
| Sandrine Cheyrol | |
| released | |
| runtime | 93 minutes |
| country | Greece |
| language | Greek |
| :: |
| name = Attenberg | image = Attenberg.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Athina Rachel Tsangari | producer = Maria Hatzakou Yorgos Lanthimos Iraklis Mavroidis Athina Rachel Tsangari Angelos Venetis | writer = Athina Rachel Tsangari | starring = Ariane Labed Vangelis Mourikis Evangelia Randou Yorgos Lanthimos | cinematography = Thimios Bakatakis | editing = Matt Johnson Sandrine Cheyrol | distributor = | released = | runtime = 93 minutes | country = Greece | language = Greek Attenberg is a 2010 Greek drama film, written and directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari. The film was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival and Ariane Labed won the Volpi Cup for the Best Actress. The film was selected as the Greek entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.
Plot
A sexually inexperienced 23-year-old woman named Marina lives with her terminally ill architect father Spyros in an industrial Greek town by the sea, where she works at the local steel mill. Unable to relate to the people she meets, she lives her life through the wildlife documentaries of British broadcaster David Attenborough, the music of American band Suicide, and the sex education lessons given to her by her friend Bella.
Despite her sexual inexperience, Marina's relationships with her father and Bella show warmth and thought. Spyros, contemplative as he approaches death, shares with her how he believes that "man has designed ruins with mathematical accuracy", referring to the destiny of most architecture. But then cynically, he reflects that "We (Greece) went from sheep to bulldozers".
When a stranger comes to town, an engineer who begins a work course at the steel mill, Marina has her first sexual relationship with him. She is secretive but shares her experience first with Spyros, and later with Bella. As Spyros comes closer to death, Marina asks Bella to sleep with her father as a favor for the dying man, who has not been with a woman for a long time.
After Spyros eventually meets his demise, Bella and Marina scatter his ashes over the sea.
Cast
- Ariane Labed as Marina
- Vangelis Mourikis as Spyros
- Evangelia Randou as Bella
- Yorgos Lanthimos as the Engineer
Reception
Quentin Tarantino, who was head of the Jury for the 67th Venice International Film Festival, said that the film "grew on us the most, and showed another Greece". Journalist Shane Danielsen called the film "an intellectually rigorous, quietly wrenching Greek drama". Peter Bradshaw characterised the film as "an angular, complex, absorbing and obscurely troubling movie".
Promotion
A promotional picture for the film, where the tongues of two women meet, was censored on Facebook, but Facebook now hosts a profile for the film in which the picture is allowed.
Awards
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| Event | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venice Film Festival | Coppa Volpi for Best Actress | Ariane Labed | |
| Golden Lion | Athina Rachel Tsangari | ||
| Lina Mangiacapre Award | Athina Rachel Tsangari | ||
| title=Whistler Film Festival - New Voices Award for Best International Feature | url=http://whistlerfilmfestival.com/About-Us/wff-winners.html | accessdate=30 December 2011 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105082253/http://whistlerfilmfestival.com/About-Us/wff-winners.html |
| title=51st TIFF: The awards (12/11/2010) | url=http://tiff.filmfestival.gr/default.aspx?lang=en-US&page=911&newsid=1417 | publisher=tiff.filmfestival.gr | accessdate=4 September 2011 |
| title=2011 Palmares | url=http://www.premiersplans.org/actualites/documents/2011-palmares-en.pdf | publisher=premiersplans.org | accessdate=4 September 2011 |
| Mexico National University International Film Festival (FICUNAM) | Silver Puma for Best Director | Athina Rachel Tsangari | |
| Audience Choice Award | Athina Rachel Tsangari | ||
| title=BAFICI 2011 Best Director Award | url=http://www.bafici.gov.ar/home11/web/en/press/news_full/v/id/120.html | access-date=30 December 2011 | archive-date=6 January 2012 |
| last=Silverstein | first=Melissa | title=The Jury Awards - International Women’s Film Festival 2011 | url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/archives/the_jury_awards_-_international_womens_film_festival_2011/ |
| title=HFA 2011 Best Actress Award | url=http://www.hellenicfilmacademy.gr/HFA2/el/awards.html | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104212754/http://www.hellenicfilmacademy.gr/HFA2/el/awards.html |
| ERA New Horizons International Film Festival | New Horizons Film Festival | Grand Jury Prize | Athina Rachel Tsangari |
| title=RO-IFF Best Feature Prize to 'Attenberg' | url=http://www.ro-iff.ro/index.php/en/press/press/220-9-octombrie-2011 | accessdate=30 December 2011 | url-status=dead |
| title=The European Parliament Film Prize: three films to compete for the LUX Prize | url=http://www.luxprize.eu/v1/three-films-to-compete-for-the-lux-prize-2011.html | publisher=luxprize.eu | accessdate=4 September 2011 |
| title=AFI FEST Special Jury Prize to 'Attenberg' | url=http://afi-afifest.tumblr.com/post/12651668281 | accessdate=30 December 2011 | url-status=dead |
| :: |
References
References
- Rose, Steve. (27 August 2011). "Attenberg, Dogtooth and the weird wave of Greek cinema". The Guardian.
- (29 July 2010). "Venezia 67". labiennale.org.
- Clarke, Cath. (18 August 2011). "First sight: Ariane Labed". guardian.co.uk.
- (5 February 2011). "Attenberg". athensnews.gr.
- "Oscar 2012: Attenberg Is Greece's Best Foreign Language Film Submission". altfg.com.
- "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org.
- "9 Foreign Language Films Vie for Oscar".
- Jennings, Sheri. (11 September 2010). "Tarantino talks about Venice 2010 competitors; explains awards rule change". screendaily.com.
- Danielsen, Shane. (10 September 2010). "Venice '10 {{!}} Miike, Affleck, Gallo, & More Make Venice a Fest that Ended Too Soon". [[indieWire]].
- Bradshaw, Peter. (1 September 2011). "Attenberg – review". guardian.co.uk.
- "[https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/kyssande-tjejer-tas-bort-fran-facebook/ Kyssande tjejer tas bort från Facebook] ", ''[[Dagens Nyheter]]'', 6 May 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=357320540983773&set=pb.112888718760291.-2207520000.1366592146.&type=3&theater Picture on Facebook], from images on the [[Facebook]] profile for ''Attenberg''.
- Knegt, Peter. (11 September 2010). "Coppola's "Somewhere" Surprises As Venice's Big Winner (Updated)". [[indieWire]].
- (11 September 2010). "Collateral Awards". labiennale.org.
- "Whistler Film Festival - New Voices Award for Best International Feature".
- (12 November 2010). "51st TIFF: The awards (12/11/2010)". tiff.filmfestival.gr.
- "2011 Palmares". premiersplans.org.
- "Silver Puma for Best Director".
- "Audience Choice Award".
- "BAFICI 2011 Best Director Award".
- Silverstein, Melissa. (17 April 2011). "The Jury Awards - International Women’s Film Festival 2011". [[indieWire]].
- "HFA 2011 Best Actress Award".
- (30 April 2011). "New Horizons IFF to 'Attenberg'".
- "RO-IFF Best Feature Prize to 'Attenberg'".
- "The European Parliament Film Prize: three films to compete for the LUX Prize". luxprize.eu.
- "AFI FEST Special Jury Prize to 'Attenberg'".
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