Light Falls Vertical
Efthymia Zymvragaki / Spain, Germany, Italy, Netherlands / 2022 / 85 min
When director Efi Zymvragaki left the island where she was born, it wasn’t a departure, it was an escape. Years later, she arrives on another island, a barren place that feels strangely familiar. She has come here for an encounter with a man. He says he is willing to expose the violence that he carries within. But when she tries to get closer to the harmful, desperate man, she realizes that he also holds the key to her deepest fears, echoing in the violence of her own past. Now his story will never be separated from her own.
About the film
When director Efi Zymvragaki left the island where she was born, it wasn’t a departure, it was an escape. Years later, she arrives on another island, a barren place that feels strangely familiar. She has come here for an encounter with a man. He says he is willing to expose the violence that he carries within. But when she tries to get closer to the harmful, desperate man, she realizes that he also holds the key to her deepest fears, echoing in the violence of her own past. Now his story will never be separated from her own.
ProducerAngelo Orlando, Efthymia Zymvragaki, Anna M. Bofarull, Patricia Sánchez Mora, Valentin Thurn, Maurizio Santarelli, Iris Lammertsma