
Marina, 23, is growing up with her architect father in a prototype factory town by the sea. Finding the human species strange and repellent, she keeps her distance from it. Instead she observes it through the songs of Alan Vega's Suicide, the mammal documentaries of Sir David Attenborough, and the sexual education lesson she receives from her only friend, Bella. A stranger comes to town and challenges her to a foosball duel, on her own table. Her father meanwhile is preparing... (Full plot summary below)
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Marina, 23, is growing up with her architect father in a prototype factory town by the sea. Finding the human species strange and repellent, she keeps her distance from it. Instead she observes it through the songs of Alan Vega's Suicide, the mammal documentaries of Sir David Attenborough, and the sexual education lesson she receives from her only friend, Bella. A stranger comes to town and challenges her to a foosball duel, on her own table. Her father meanwhile is preparing for his exit from the 20th century, which he considers to be 'overrated'. Caught between the two men and her collaborator Bella, Marina investigates the wondrous mystery of the human fauna.
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| Jam! MoviesLiz BraunAttenberg is spare emotionally and visually, and despite the tender humour of Marina's sexual indoctrination, the film is never completely engaging. |
| sbs.com.auSimon FosterDogtooth and Attenberg are staunchly impenetrable works (closely resembling) art installations that don't resonate beyond a select few; if a film renaissance does emerge from Greece on the back of such films, will anyone notice? |
| Gordon and the WhaleChase WhaleAfter walking out of ATTENBERG, I couldn't decide if I really hated it, or really loved it. I still can't decide. ATTENBERG stretches the arthouse genre to "WTF!?" |
| Toronto StarJason AndersonThe film succeeds not only as an idiosyncratic spin on the coming-of-age story but a wider comment on what it means to be fully human and fully alive in an age of diminished expectations. |
| Tiny Mix TapesDerek SmithAttenberg doesn't have a sense of true purpose and cohesion. |
| London Evening StandardDerek MalcolmFans of Dogtooth should certainly try this one out. |
| NOW TorontoNorman WilnerWe can't help but empathize with Marina even though she gives us almost nothing to hold on to. She's human. She needs us. She needs someone. |
| Empire MagazineDavid ParkinsonTsangari proves she's one of the freshest voices in European cinema with this offbeat character piece. |
| Time OutEric HynesAttenberg shares with the Oscar-nominated "Dogtooth" a weakness for overgrown innocence and deadpan perversity. |
| Little White LiesJason WoodIntelligent, inventive and incredibly engaging. |