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Pause (2018 film)

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Pause
Poster
Directed byTonia Mishiali
Written byTonia Mishiali
Anna Fotiadou
Produced by
  • Andros Achilleas
  • Panos Bisdas
  • Stelana Kliris
  • Tonia Mishiali
  • Ioanna Soultani
Starring
  • Stella Fyrogeni
  • Andreas Vasileiou
  • Popi Avraam
CinematographyYorgos Rahmatoulin
Edited byEmilios Avraam
Music byJulian Scherle
Production
companies
A.B. Seahorse Films
SOUL Productions
Cyprus Film Advisory Board
Distributed bySubliminal Films
Release date
  • 4 July 2018 (2018-07-04) (KVIFF)
Running time
96 minutes
CountriesCyprus
Greece
LanguageGreek

Pause (Greek: Παύση, romanizedPafsi) 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.

Premise

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Upon 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

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  • 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

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The 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

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Pause 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

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  1. ^ "Pause by Tonia Mishiali | Film Review". Film Is A Fine Affair. 4 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Filming Greece | "Pause": An accurate portrayal of the acute pain of oppression". www.greeknewsagenda.gr.
  3. ^ "Cyprus : Pause (Παύση)". www.cyprusevents.net.
  4. ^ Gregoriou, Maria. "PRODUCTION: Tonia Mishiali in Postproduction with Pause - FilmNewEurope.com". www.filmneweurope.com.
  5. ^ "KVIFF | Pause". www.kviff.com.
  6. ^ Hoeij, Boyd van (10 July 2018). "'Pause' ('Pafsi'): Film Review | Karlovy Vary 2018". The Hollywood Reporter.
  7. ^ Franklin, Anna. "FNE at KVIFF 2018: Film in Cyprus is Blossoming - FilmNewEurope.com". www.filmneweurope.com.
  8. ^ 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.
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