When I left the island where I was born, it wasn’t a departure, it was an escape. Years later, I arrive on another island, a barren place that feels strangely familiar. I have come here for an encounter with a man. He says he is willing to expose the violence that he carries within. But when I venture to get closer to the harmful, desperate man, I realise that he also holds the key to my deepest fears, echoing in the violence of my own past. Now his story will never be separated from mine.

Dir. Efthymia Zymvragaki - 85min - 2022 - Spain, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands

"Jarring and heartbreaking documentary excavates the film-maker’s past while illuminating an abuser’s place in the cycle of violence" - Guardian

"The calm, almost whispered commentary and the poetic, cinematic shots of sun-drenched landscapes, details of flowers and the sea—in which Zymvragaki’s father was eventually to die—leave room for your own contemplations. As well as the impact and causes of violence, the film also deals with identity and the longing for a home." - IDFA

"Zymvragaki's gentle voice-over leads us through this complex story of fathers and husbands who lack the emotional capacity to treat their families with love and care, but who are also painfully aware of their ineptitude." - Cineurope