ELENA’S SHIFT
2025, 100', GRPRODUCER
IRAKLIS MAVROEIDIS, NIKOS SMPIRILIS, ANGELOS VENETIS (BOO PRODUCTIONS), STEFANOS TSIVOPOULOSWRITER-DIRECTOR
STEFANOS TSIVOPOULOSCINEMATOGRAPHER
KONSTANTINOS KOUKOULIOSEDITOR
STAMOS DIMITROPOULOSMUSIC
MICJ PEDAJACAST
MARIA DRAGUS, PENELOPE TSILIKA,RODICA LAZAR, MARIA KALLIMANI, MACRINA BARLADEANUFESTIVAL
- Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival First Feature Competition
SUMMARY
Athens, 2013. Elena, a Romanian single mother, works the night shift cleaning metro stations. When she is unjustly fired, her dormant activist spirit reignites, and she joins forces with Yota, a charismatic lawyer, to take on her corrupt employers. Their fight for justice sparks romance but also a dangerous confrontation, forcing Elena to choose between justice and her deep need to belong.
REVIEWS
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Elena’s Shift is a gentle film that moves with a brisk and confident pace. The story pulses with the traditions of social realist cinema, but Tsivopoulos’ film is gentler in its approach to the material.
Paul Risker, dmovies.org
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the authentic vibe of the under-furnished homes and busy metropolitan streets is conveyed without any flashy moves or by forcing us to wallow in misery.
Marko Stojiljković, cineuropa.org