Greek writer-director Christos Passalis is better known internationally for his acting career, first in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Dogtooth [+leggi anche:
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The film follows an unusual and touching love story between Aris and Anna, who meet and fall in love in a dream-like town but soon realize they have more in common than they initially thought. However, the reason why they were reunited in this place remains unclear.

The screenplay was co-penned by Passalis and Eleni Vergeti. Passalis also has the leading role of Aris, while Anna is played by well-known Greek actress Angeliki Papoulia; both of them had previously co-starred in Dogtooth and The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea. Along with the leading couple, the cast includes prominent Greek film and theatre thesps, including Marisha Triantafyllidou (Her Job [+leggi anche:
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The film was shot on location in and around Athens and the Attica region, and the production had the collaboration of the City of Athens Film Office. Cinematographer Giorgos Karvelas (Digger [+leggi anche:
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Silence 6-9 is a Greek production by Maria Drandaki for Athens-based Homemade Films, in co-production with ERT SA and with support by the Greek Film Center and the National Centre of Audiovisual Media and Communication - EKOME S.A.