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Miss Violence (18)

Drama

On her birthday, 11-year-old Angeliki jumps off the balcony to her death with a smile on her face. An investigation is started as to the reason for this apparent suicide, but the family keeps insisting that it was an accident.


The critical consensus

Part of the intriguing Greek new wave of brutal cinema that rages against the country’s current woes, but not one of the movement’s best.

***(*)(*)Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 15/06/2014

Chillingly controlled.

****(*)Matt Glasby, Total Film, 16/06/2014

A commanding, troubling domestic horror that should launch a long career for Avranas.

****(*)Simon Crook, Empire Online, 16/06/2014

A very well orchestrated movie, but it's all a little familiar.

***(*)(*)David Jenkins, Little White Lies, 19/06/2014

A tale of abuse and denial set in a claustrophobic Athens apartment shows real technique but tips into the bizarre.

***(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 19/06/2014

This is a stark, joyless tale, but one that is very well directed by Alexandros Avranas. It has quite a kick.

****(*)Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 20/06/2014

Pitched between the unforgiving austerity of Michael Haneke’s more prescriptive work and the oddball grimness of Giorgos Lanthimos’s Dogtooth.

***(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 21/06/2014

This portrait of a well-to-do Greek family with hellish secrets is hard to watch.

**(*)(*)(*)Mark Kermode, The Observer, 21/06/2014

Where and when?

Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow from Friday June 20, 2014, until Thursday June 26, 2014. More info: http://www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/

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