Ecce Momo!

  • 116'
  • Greece
  • 2008
After a failed attempt at suicide, Morris Moshe (Momo) was clinically dead for 3 minutes and 17 seconds. When he suddenly regained consciousness his first words were: 'Why Africa? Because it’s neither South nor West. Nor North nor East... It’s above the Earth.' What did Momo mean? And where was he all that time?
Anastas Charalampidis's first feature-length film was shot in St. Petersburg, Athens, Vienna, Prague, and so forth. One of his biggest influences was James Joyce's Ulysses, which inspired him to think in non-formal images. 'Lomotion' (Lomography + motion), or taking pictures in non-organised conditions and spontaneously improvising along with whatever happens in reality, was the inspiration for his visual approach. Other sources of inspiration were the Impressionists. Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer was the final trigger for the film.
With its strong editing, a voice-over with a carefully written literary text and inventive use of music, the film is an original work that is hard to classify in any particular genre. It is definitely experimental and innovative and most importantly - a fascinating testimony that keeps its audiences hypnotized until the very end. (LC)

  • 116'
  • Greece
  • 2008
Director
Anastas Charalampidis
Premiere
International premiere
Country of production
Greece
Year
2008
Festival Edition
IFFR 2009
Length
116'
Medium
Betacam Digi PAL
Languages
Russian, Greek, English
Producer
Anastas Charalampidis
Production Company
Africa Films
Sales
Africa Films
Screenplay
Anastas Charalampidis
Cinematography
Anastas Charalampidis
Editor
Anastas Charalampidis
Production Design
Anastas Charalampidis
Sound Design
Panos Tzelekis
Music
Anastas Charalampidis
Director
Anastas Charalampidis
Premiere
International premiere
Country of production
Greece
Year
2008
Festival Edition
IFFR 2009
Length
116'
Medium
Betacam Digi PAL
Languages
Russian, Greek, English
Producer
Anastas Charalampidis
Production Company
Africa Films
Sales
Africa Films
Screenplay
Anastas Charalampidis
Cinematography
Anastas Charalampidis
Editor
Anastas Charalampidis
Production Design
Anastas Charalampidis
Sound Design
Panos Tzelekis
Music
Anastas Charalampidis