Olympia
- Stavros Psyllakis
- 2015
- 45m
- Greece
Olympia is three months pregnant when cancer knocks on her door. Faced with the dilemma of who to save first, herself or the fetus, she decides to save both. Another shocking example of Stavros Psyllakis' anthropocentric cinema, awarded by its audience at the 17th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Synopsis
Olympia, a 33-year old woman, is already three months pregnant when she finds out that she has lung cancer. After enough thought, she decides to keep the baby. Four months after giving birth to a healthy baby and while her cancer progresses fast, at the initiative of her doctor, Psyllakis and his colleagues will stay near the new mother and her family for four days, recording everything they can.
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Audience Award
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
2015
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