A tender, delicate movie about memory. Green Sea actually reminded me of another Greek film, Apples, but with more time to develop its characters. Roula’s tavern soon becomes familiar, a place you seem to have visited a thousand times, and it becomes a symbol of comfort for Anna, the amnesiac protagonist. She doesn’t know who she is, but slowly builds a new life and identity for herself through the connections she makes with people and the functions she must perform. Anna gets used to a simple existence as a cook in the tavern, something that fulfills her and she excels at, but the green sea of her past is always there in front of her, waiting to be navigated. Does she need to do it though? The Egyptians built an extraordinary civilization without ever exploring the green sea. What lies on the other side is really an answer? This movie is beautiful, poetic, with a whimsical feel to it. Some major plot points, like how Anna lost her memories, are not thoroughly explained, but they don’t need to. The emotions are there, and I don’t know, this narrative just makes you miss places you’ve never been to.
A tender, delicate movie about memory. Green Sea actually reminded me of another Greek film, Apples, but with more time to develop its characters. Roula’s tavern soon becomes familiar, a place you seem to have visited a thousand times, and it becomes a symbol of comfort for Anna, the amnesiac protagonist. She doesn’t know who she is, but slowly builds a new life and identity for herself through the connections she makes with people and the functions she must perform. Anna gets used to a simple existence as a cook in the tavern, something that fulfills her and she excels at, but the green sea of her past is always there in front of her, waiting to be navigated. Does she need to do it though? The Egyptians built an extraordinary civilization without ever exploring the green sea. What lies on the other side is really an answer? This movie is beautiful, poetic, with a whimsical feel to it. Some major plot points, like how Anna lost her memories, are not thoroughly explained, but they don’t need to. The emotions are there, and I don’t know, this narrative just makes you miss places you’ve never been to.