Absences
Released: October 1, 1987Runtime: 107 minLanguage: EL
A family story of incest, decadence and desolation. Greece, early twentieth century. A bourgeois family is on the verge of breaking up. The mother has abandoned the family, and the father, a retired officer, keeps his three daughters, as well as the illegitimate son of the oldest daughter, confined in the house. After his death, the three sisters live through their personal drama. The eldest, Eleni, imbued with the morals of the time and closely identifying with her father, tries to take his place. The middle one, Maria, representing rebellion, goes off with a captain of the sanitation service, while the youngest, Anna, skating on thin ice through all this, is completely destroyed.
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Top billed cast
Patrick Penn
as François Naulet
Nathalie Delon
as Sophie
Themis Bazaka
as eldest sister
Claude Genia
as Jeanne Larivière
Patrick Jouane
as Guy
Pemi Zouni
as middle sister
Corinne Le Poulain
as Marie, la femme de Guy
Yves Robert
as Le père de François
Katerina Sarri
as youngest sister
Daniele Delorme
as La mère de François
Thomas Andhersen
as Pierrot
Nikitas Tsakiroglou
as Captain
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17Pierre Bertin
as Georges, le vieil homosexuel
Maria Konstadarou
Richard Berry
as Le collègue de la banque
Nikos Tzogias
as Father
Jacques Castelot
as Le directeur de la banque
Elena Nathanail
Max Montavon
as Un homme à la soirée mondaine
Amalia Giza
as Maid
Sylvie Vartan
as Une femme à la soirée mondaine
Noni Mihailidou
Gabriel Cattand
as Le flic
Alexandros Papayannis
Xavier Gelin
as Le 2e flic
Jeanne Moreau
as La voix de la nostalgie (voice)
Paula Valmond
Michele Baker
Gerard Chevalier
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