
U.S. PREMIERE
Marjoram (Matzourana)
Saturday, October 5, 2013, 6:00 p.m.
Dir. Olga Malea. 2013, 92 mins. DCP. Greek with English subtitles. With Maria Riskaki, Natalia Dragoumi. A precocious and talented eleven-year-old is intent upon pleasing her demanding mother. Soon after joining a cooking competition on television, she begins to act strangely, puzzling her parents and causing concern for her safety. Director Olga Malea, who earned a PhD in psychology from Yale before becoming a filmmaker, creates a tense psychological drama that avoids easy solutions to the serious problems it examines.
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