4.3
19 reviews

Olympia

Stavros Psyllakis201545mDocumentary

Written by Cinobo

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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Director
Language
Greek
Country
Greece
Subtitles
English

Thessaloniki Documentary Festival

Audience Award

2015

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