Costas, an uninspired soap opera writer struggling with writer’s block, is under pressure by his producer to deliver new episodes. Having just moved to a flat in an old apartment building, his attention is caught by his mysterious neighbors. Soon enough he finds himself spying on them, transforming their everyday tragic encounters into a light hearted soap opera, romanticizing what he witnesses for the consumption of a mass audience. As the success of the soap opera grows, so does Costas’ obsession with the family, particularly with Chryso, a young woman who frequently runs away from the family home. Slowly putting the different pieces together, her tragic life story starts to unravel in front of his eyes, an experience that forces Costas to deal with his own long-suppressed demons.

ROSEMARIE

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Festivals / Awards

Cyprus Film Days International Film Festival - Best Film at the International Section (World Premiere)

58th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece - Best Film, Greek Film Critics Association (International Premiere)

Umea European Film Festival, Sweden - International Competition

Barcelona Cypriot Film Festival, Spain - Best Film

London Greek Film Festival, UK - Competition

12th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, US - Competition

Amsterdam International Film Festival, Holland - Best Film, Van Gogh Award

Prague Independent Film Festival, Czech Republic - Competition

San Fransisco Greek Film Festival, US - Competition

34th Alexandria Film Festival of Mediterranean Countries, Egypt - Competition

25th Australia Greek Film Festival, Australia - Competition

7th The Golden Linden IFF - Bulgaria

24th European Union Film Festival - Delhi, India

26th European Film Festival - Palic, Serbia

Technical Details

Original Title

International Title

Rosemarie

Duration

112 min

Aspect Ratio

Format

DCP, 2.39:1, Coloa

Sound

Year

2017

Original Language

Greek, English

Countries of Production

Cyprus

Credits

Director

Adonis Florides

Screenplay

Adonis Florides

Music

Costas Cacoyiannis

Make Up

Yiorgos Vavanos

Sound Designer

Christos Kyriacoullis

With Support of

Production Manager

Costas Pitsillides

Production Companies

Costumes

Miranda Theodoridou

Marios Piperides

Producers

Giorgos Rahmatoulin

Director of Photography

Production Design

Andreas Antoniou

Editor

Stylianos Costantinou

Costas: Yiannis Kokkinos

Xenis: Andreas Vassiliou

Eleftheria: Androulla Erakleous

Chryso: Niovi Charalambous

Spyros: Chrostoforos Christoforou

Kallitsa: Yiolanda Christodoulou

Kypros: Marios Aristotelous

Stellakis: Marios Ioannou

Rosemarie's Mother: Popi Avraam

Rosemarie: Emanuela Charalambous

Titos: Fivos Georgiades

Cast

Director’s Note of Intent

A man torn between art and reality, in a microcosm that falters between multiple levels of guilt and denial. A microcosm that exists between the socially acceptable and the absurd; between the banal and the outrageous; between life behind hermetically closed doors and its sterile reflection onto the screen. A microcosm in an advanced state of decay calling the hero to intervene with any attempt to idealize it, in vain. The only option left is confrontation. Only through it will he be freed from his own demons. A tough family drama with elements of existential comedy or vice versa. More or less like life itself.

Director’s Bio/Filmography

Adonis Florides

Film and theatre director, screenplay writer and playwright. He lives and works in Limassol, Cyprus. He has written and co-directed the feature film «Kalabush» (90min 2004) and the short «Espresso» (26min 1998) which have been screened in many festivals around the world. “Rosemarie” (112min 2016) is his latest film. He has also written and/or directed a number of TV documentaries, series and mini-series.

He has written and directed for the stage the plays «Yahari Tuhari» (for Hari’s Sake) and «Pesta se Mena» (Tell me) and “The Good Dragon of Hong Kong”, based on the work of the Greek poet Nikos Kavvadias for the Limassol based ‘Company of Theatrical Development’ (ETHAL). All three plays were selected for the on-line catalogue of the European Theatre Convention. His latest work as a stage director/dramaturgist is the play: “The lies which always tell the truth” for the Cyprus Theatre Organisation. He has also directed a number of other plays from the Greek and International repertoire.

He has worked as a TV director, writer and producer and currently teaches screenplay at the Screenplay Workshop. He has been a member of the artistic committee of the International Festival Cyprus Film Days and is currently a member of the board of directors of the Limassol based RIALTO theatre.

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