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  • 2022
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2022
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 31 m
Apples

Summary Amidst a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia, middle-aged Aris (Aris Servetalis) finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help unclaimed patients build new identities. Prescribed daily tasks on cassette tapes so he can create new memories and document them on camera, Aris slides back into ordinary life, meeting ...

Directed By: Christos Nikou

Written By: Stavros Raptis, Christos Nikou

  • 2022
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2022
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 31 m

Apples

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
77
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
6.8
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Summary Amidst a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia, middle-aged Aris (Aris Servetalis) finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help unclaimed patients build new identities. Prescribed daily tasks on cassette tapes so he can create new memories and document them on camera, Aris slides back into ordinary life, meeting ...

Directed By: Christos Nikou

Written By: Stavros Raptis, Christos Nikou

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
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11% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
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89% Positive
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100
Sep 14, 2020
A meditation on memory, identity, grief and loss, with the narrative device of a global pandemic thrown in for good measure: Apples might initially sound like a tough sell. But this hugely accomplished, satisfyingly textured first feature is really something special.
By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW
85
Sep 14, 2020
Apples maintains the droll wit and entrancing abstraction of Lanthimos, but the film does not feel quite as drenched in irony. Nikou’s storytelling remains deliberately opaque while also leaving plenty of room for genuine emotional connection.
By Marshall Shaffer FULL REVIEW
80
May 7, 2021
Apples works both as an unintended record of the times and as a wry comment on the ancient human condition. Dare we call it “memorable”?
By Donald Clarke FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 21, 2020
The filmmaker performs an astounding feat of maintaining the perfect balance between self-awareness, alienation, warmth, comedy, and pathos. Apples is a singular experience.
By Alex Saveliev FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 14, 2020
The droll Twilight Zone absurdism is not without its pleasures, many of them comic.
By A.A. Dowd FULL REVIEW
63
Jun 24, 2022
In his first outing as a feature filmmaker, Nikou blends subtle comedy and tragedy to create a quietly moving cinematic experience.
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50
Apr 28, 2021
The film's rendering of the interplay of memory, identity, and grief is disappointingly vague.
By Keith Watson FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
6.8
67% Positive
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
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67% Positive
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17% Mixed
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17% Negative
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Production Company Boo Productions, Lava Films, Greek Film Centre (GFC), Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Ekome, Perfo Production, Musou Music Group, Dirty Films
Release Date Jun 24, 2022
Duration 1 h 31 m
Genres
Tagline Could it be that we are the things we don't forget?
Website https://cohenmedia.net/product/apples
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Awards

Hellenic Film Academy Awards
• 5 Nominations
Slovene Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Jameson CineFest - Miskolc International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations

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