Pause (2018 film)

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Pause
Pause 2018 poster.jpg
Poster
Directed byTonia Mishiali
Screenplay byTonia Mishiali
Anna Fotiadou
Produced byAndros Achilleos
Stelana Kliris
Tonia Mishiali
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
  • July 2018 (2018-07) (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)[1]
Running time
96 minutes
CountriesCyprus
Greece
LanguageGreek

Pause (Greek: Παύση, romanized: Pafsi) is a 2018 Cypriot drama film directed by Tonia Mishiali and starring Stella Fyrogeni.[2]

Production[]

Pause was filmed in and around Nicosia, Cyprus's capital, in February and March 2017.[3][4][5]

Plot[]

A Cypriot housewife reaches menopause and decides she will no longer tolerate her husband's abuse and disrespect. She enters a world of violent and disturbing fantasies.

Release[]

Pause premiered at the 2018 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, as part of the "East of the West" programme.[1] 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 What Fresh Hell Is This?: Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities and You, Heather Corinna noted that Pause offered "one of the rare sympathetic descriptions of a menopausal mental health struggle."[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "KVIFF | Pause". www.kviff.com.
  2. ^ "Pause by Tonia Mishiali | Film Review". Film Is A Fine Affair. 4 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Filming Greece | "Pause": An accurate portrayal of the acute pain of oppression". www.greeknewsagenda.gr.
  4. ^ "Cyprus : Pause (Παύση)". www.cyprusevents.net.
  5. ^ Gregoriou, Maria. "PRODUCTION: Tonia Mishiali in Postproduction with Pause - FilmNewEurope.com". www.filmneweurope.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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