Pause (Greek: Παύση, romanized: Pafsi) is a 2018 Cypriot drama film directed by Tonia Mishiali, who co-wrote the screenplay with Anna Fotiadou. It stars Stella Fyrogeni, Andreas Vasileiou, and Popi Avraam.
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| Directed by | Tonia Mishiali |
| Written by | Tonia Mishiali Anna Fotiadou |
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| Cinematography | Yorgos Rahmatoulin |
| Edited by | Emilios Avraam |
| Music by | Julian Scherle |
Production companies | A.B. Seahorse Films SOUL Productions Cyprus Film Advisory Board |
| Distributed by | Subliminal Films |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Countries | Cyprus Greece |
| Language | Greek |
Premise
editUpon reaching menopause, a Cypriot housewife's decision to no longer tolerate her husband's abuse and disrespect leads her into a world of violent and disturbing daydreams, though reality and fantasy soon begin to blur.[1]
Cast
edit- Stella Fyrogeni as Elpida
- Oriana Mantzouranou as Young Elpida
- Andreas Vasileiou as Costas
- Popi Avraam as Eleftheria
- Marios Ioannou as a doctor
- Prokopis Agathokleous as a young man
- Marina Mandri as a young woman
- Georgina Tatsi as Irini
- Andrey Pilipenko as a painter
Production
editThe film's working title of Menopause was changed to Pause during filming. During development, the film was selected for consideration at two German co-production workshops in 2015: the Mannheim Meeting Place at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival and the Connecting Cottbus at the Cottbus International Film Festival. It was filmed in and around Nicosia throughout February and March 2017.[2][3][4]
Release
editPause premiered at the 2018 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival as part of the "East of the West" programme.[5] The Hollywood Reporter called it "a work of considerable tonal complexity, as it stirs moments of pitch-black humor and short and violent reveries into an otherwise austerely told tale of spousal strife that wants to smash the patriarchy with feats of cinematic derring-do".[6][7]
In the book What Fresh Hell Is This?: Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities and You (2021), author Heather Corinna noted that Pause offered "one of the rare sympathetic descriptions of a menopausal mental health struggle".[8]
References
edit- ^ "Pause by Tonia Mishiali | Film Review". Film Is A Fine Affair. 4 August 2019.
- ^ "Filming Greece | "Pause": An accurate portrayal of the acute pain of oppression". www.greeknewsagenda.gr.
- ^ "Cyprus : Pause (Παύση)". www.cyprusevents.net.
- ^ Gregoriou, Maria. "PRODUCTION: Tonia Mishiali in Postproduction with Pause - FilmNewEurope.com". www.filmneweurope.com.
- ^ "KVIFF | Pause". www.kviff.com.
- ^ Hoeij, Boyd van (10 July 2018). "'Pause' ('Pafsi'): Film Review | Karlovy Vary 2018". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Franklin, Anna. "FNE at KVIFF 2018: Film in Cyprus is Blossoming - FilmNewEurope.com". www.filmneweurope.com.
- ^ Corinna, Heather (1 June 2021). What Fresh Hell Is This?: Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities and You. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 9780349425672 – via Google Books.