Greek filmmaker Syllas Tzoumerkas has wrapped the shoot for his third feature film, The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea [+lire aussi :
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interview : Syllas Tzoumerkas
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The story, which bristles with police drama-thriller tension and also has horror undertones, follows two women: Elisabeth, portrayed by Tzoumerkas regular Angeliki Papoulia (The Lobster [+lire aussi :
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interview : Vardis Marinakis
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interview : Elina Psykou
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The film boasts an all-European crew, starting with Swedish director of photography Petrus Sjövik (Broken Hill Blues [+lire aussi :
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interview : Argyris Papadimitropoulos
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interview : Sofia Exarchou
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The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea is a Greek-Dutch-German-Swedish co-production by the producer of all of Tzoumerka’s previous feature films, Maria Drandaki (Homemade Films), in co-production with Ellen Havenith (PRPL), Titus Kreyenberg (unafilm), Olle Wirenhed (Dragon Films), Film i Väst and ZDF/ARTE. The film has received the support of the Greek Film Centre, Film und Medienstiftung NRW, the Netherlands Film Fund, the Netherlands Film Production Incentive, the Swedish Film Institute, ERT SA, Eurimages and MEDIA. Polish outfit New Europe Film Sales handles the world sales.

Here are the first exclusive pictures of The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea:

Actress Youla Boudali on set

Actress Angeliki Papoulia on set