Pity

2018 [GREEK]

Drama

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 75% · 20 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 74%
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 3860 3.9K

Director

Babis Makridis Photo
Babis Makridis

Top cast

Angeliki Papoulia Photo
Angeliki Papoulia as Woman at Hospital
Costas Xikominos Photo
Costas Xikominos as Nikos
Marisha Triantafyllidou Photo
Marisha Triantafyllidou as Nurse
Nikos Karathanos Photo
Nikos Karathanos as Victim's Son
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902.02 MB
1280*694
Ancient Greek 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 38 min
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1.64 GB
1920*1040
Ancient Greek 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  dk  se  de  es  fr  it  nl  no  sv  tr  
24 fps
1 hr 38 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by alexiamilenav 6 / 10

6/10 ⭐

The issue with Pity is that the film isn't as weird as it should be in order to carry on with the script and the humour it propose. In my opinion, it's halfway. For those who wants to see it you can find it in Mubi a streaming plataform. Sorry the bad english, kiss from argentina ?
Reviewed by ninecurses 8 / 10

Darkly humorous

If you've heard of Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster, Dogtooth), then you've likely heard of the Greek Weird Wave. That 'weird' tag has been applied to this film, "Pity", which also happens to share a screenwriter with the films of Lanthimos, further establishing the connection."What's it about?", you ask? If you are concerned over what the plot of Pity is, then this movie is probably not for you. If, however, you are a fan of this cycle of recent Greek cinema, then you definitely need to see this one. It's odd, distant, ultimately unknowable, but also deeply, darkly funny. It was a humor made deeper because I didn't see it coming. I laughed out loud. A lot.If you are a fan of black humor, and if you sometimes find yourself the only person in a perplexed audience who is laughing, then this movie is probably your type of thing. I am that person, the Lone Laugher. And I'm also a fan of this Greek "wave". I highly recommend Pity.
Reviewed by michael-kerrigan-526-124974 8 / 10

Lanthimos - you're in good company....

I didn't even realise 'Greek Weird Wave' was even a film genre until I happened upon this excellent blackest of black absurdist (tragi)comedies. I thought Yorgos Lanthimos was one of a kind with his deadpan despairing mood pieces. I was wrong. Like another reviewer mentioned, I laughed out loud numerous times. Luckily I was watching at home (courtesy of Mubi), and not in the cinema as I had been for The Lobster and The Killing of a Sacred Deer, when I had to suppress my laughter for more than half were in no way amused.With his wife in a coma - probably not going to make it - husband gets used to pity and sympathy, so much so he goes to extreme lengths to ensure its continuity. The result is utter deadpan bonkers genius.Greek Weird Wave is definitely marmite - you either love it or hate it, and I'm firmly on the former bracket.
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