Semele (2015)
★½ — Semele (2015)
Semele is a short film from Cypriot-Greek director Myrsini Aristidou, running at just thirteen minutes and produced under the Paris Film banner with co-production support spanning Cyprus, Greece, and the United States. Aristidou studied film in the United States before returning to the Eastern Mediterranean region, and this short sits within a modest but recognisable wave of Cypriot short filmmaking that emerged in the 2010s as the island's screen culture began establishing a more distinct identity on the international festival circuit. The film centres on a straightforward but emotionally loaded premise, a young girl seeking a parent's signature, and draws its power almost entirely from performance and observed detail rather than incident. Vasiliki Kokkoliadi plays the title role alongside Yannis Stankoglou as her father.
A-Z World Movie Tour Cyprus https://vimeo.com/244970747 This short was kind of pointless. A young girl (probably around 10) hitchhikes to her fathers work to get a letter signed for school. The rest of the movie highlights their difficult relationship and briefly mentions the mother, who Semele has a difficult relationship with too. Other than that she just disobeys her father, becomes a nuisance, causes him stress. This movie did feel like a whole lot of nothing
Rating: ★½ | Year: 2015 | Watched: 2025-06-09
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