Attenberg (2010) Synopsis

Marina is a sexually inexperienced 23-year-old woman who lives with her terminally-ill architect father, Spyros, in an industrial Greek town by the sea where she works at the local steel mill as a gofer and transportation driver. Unable to relate to her fellow humans, she lives her life through the wildlife TV documentaries of Sir David Attenborough, the songs of Suicide and the sex education lessons given to her by her friend Bella.Despite her sexual and social inexperience, Marina's relationships with her father and Bella show warmth and thought. Spyros, contemplative as he approaches death, shares with her how he believes, "Man has designed ruins with mathematical accuracy..." referring to the destiny of most architecture, eventually. But then cynically, he reflects that " We (Greece) went from sheep to bulldozers..."When a stranger comes to town, an engineer whom begins a work course at the steel mill, Marina has her first sexual relationship with him. She is secretive. Telling first Spyros and later Bella. Spyros asks of course, "If you do not want me to meet him, why are you telling me about him?"As Spyros comes closer to death, Marina asks Bella to sleep with her father, as a favor for a dying man, whom she duly obliges. Meanwhile, Marina begins a sexual relationship with the stranger.The film reaches its sudden conclusion after Spyros's passing. His body is flown to Germany to be cremated. In the final scenes, Marina and Bella take Spyros's speedboat into the sea where they scatter his ashes in the water before returning to the steel mill and going their separate ways.

Marina is a sexually inexperienced 23-year-old woman who lives with her terminally-ill architect father, Spyros, in an industrial Greek town by the sea where she works at the local steel mill as a gofer and transportation driver. Unable to relate to her fellow humans, she lives her life through the wildlife TV documentaries of Sir David Attenborough, the songs of Suicide and the sex education lessons given to her by her friend Bella.Despite her sexual and social inexperience, Marina's relationships with her father and Bella show warmth and thought. Spyros, contemplative as he approaches death, shares with her how he believes, "Man has designed ruins with mathematical accuracy..." referring to the destiny of most architecture, eventually. But then cynically, he reflects that " We (Greece) went from sheep to bulldozers..."When a stranger comes to town, an engineer whom begins a work course at the steel mill, Marina has her first sexual relationship with him. She is secretive. Telling first Spyros and later Bella. Spyros asks of course, "If you do not want me to meet him, why are you telling me about him?"As Spyros comes closer to death, Marina asks Bella to sleep with her father, as a favor for a dying man, whom she duly obliges. Meanwhile, Marina begins a sexual relationship with the stranger.The film reaches its sudden conclusion after Spyros's passing. His body is flown to Germany to be cremated. In the final scenes, Marina and Bella take Spyros's speedboat into the sea where they scatter his ashes in the water before returning to the steel mill and going their separate ways.

Published Time: 2022-01-21 11:53:15