Miss Violence

2013 [GREEK]

Action / Drama / Horror / Thriller

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 72% · 25 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 72% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 11607 11.6K

suicide trauma family childhood sexual abuse

Plot summary

On the day of her birthday, eleven-year-old Angeliki jumps off the balcony and falls to her death with a smile on her face. While the police and Social Services try to discover the reason for this apparent suicide, Angeliki's family keep insisting that it was an accident. What is the secret that young Angeliki took with her? Why does her family persist in trying to "forget" her and to move on with its life?

Director

Alexandros Avranas Photo
Alexandros Avranas

Top cast

Themis Panou Photo
Themis Panou as Eleni's father
Reni Pittaki Photo
Reni Pittaki as Eleni's mother
Vassilis Koukalani Photo
Vassilis Koukalani as Man in the Laundry Store
Eleni Roussinou Photo
Eleni Roussinou as Eleni / Mother
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908.66 MB
1280*534
Greek 2.0
NR
Subtitles gr  
24 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 8
1.65 GB
1920*800
Greek 2.0
NR
Subtitles gr  
24 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 29

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by stefkar 8 / 10

It took me a while to digest "Miss Violence".

My Rating: 8/10I cant lie, after watching this movie I literally felt nauseous. The psychological and physical abuse depicted in the film is extremely raw and literal that, personally speaking, I had a hard time to digest afterwards.I really found disturbing to acknowledge the extent of abuse a parent can inflict to their childern and the indulgence someone can show to their abuser.I don't believe this is a film for everybody's taste, but I would suggest to give it a try, as such films, as this one, as much as disturbing they can get, as much thought provoking they can be...
Reviewed by maria-konidaris 7 / 10

Sickened but could not stop watching

**SPOILERS**I felt sickened from the start. This film was set beautifully, the sight alone of the young girls dressed similarly in white in the opening scene was enough to pre-empt the questionable family dynamics for me. And then it just kept escalating until it reached a horrific level. I keep seeing reviews that compare this to Lanthimos' Dogtooth in the way it focuses on the institution of family as well as similarities with the film's cinematic elements, such as use of silence. The main difference for me was how Miss Violence, considerably a product of the Greek 'Weird Wave', is on a completely different side of the spectrum of weird than Dogtooth. The violence and power relations aside, Dogtooth's disturbed themes were a bit absurdist and I found myself laughing uncomfortably a few times ("Mum, two little zombies!"). Miss Violence's weirdness felt less absurd and not at all laughable. The characters' had a more accurate understanding of the world and in effect it made the disturbing themes of abuse more horrific. Brilliantly directed, I couldn't stop watching this film even when it made me very uneasy as the narrative sequence had me wanting to see if all my horrible assumptions were going to be confirmed... and indeed they were exceeded in all the worst ways. I don't know if I would have watched this knowing how central the child sexual exploitation and abuse would be to the story. I don't regret watching it though and so respect the construction of suspense, tension and the representation of the family not being an ideal institution as it is commonly portrayed in general Greek culture and past cinema.
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