The Zero Years (2005)
Four women, who have been sterilized and are under constant toxic restraint and surveillance, are serving their term in a government-run brothel. The relations between them are at a critical point; food and water are scarce, their house is rotting and ready to collapse. Nothing on the outside exists any more. Nightmarish visions, simulated miscarriages, injections and nausea all make up their daily routine. Yet their dream – even though they have been sterilized by the State – is to have a child. One day, one of their customers disappears. The interrogation begins...
Director:
Nikos Nikolaidis
Writer:
Nikos Nikolaidis
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Vicky Harris as The Visitor |
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Jenny Kitseli as The Leader |
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Arhontissa Mavrakaki as Maro |
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Eftyhia Yakoumi as Christina |
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Michele Valley as Supervisor |
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Themis Katz as Himself |
| Directing | Nikos Nikolaidis | Director |
| Sound | Kostas Varympopiotis | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Giannis Tsiolakis | Color Timer |
| Camera | Mihalis Bouris | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Angeliki Kontovraki | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Grigoris Tsigristaris | Boom Operator |
| Editing | Maria Girni | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Christos Houliaras | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Themis Katsimihas | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Valia Tserou | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Production | Marie-Louise Bartholomew | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Yannis Soldatos | Thanks |
| Crew | Vlassis Stathoulias | Thanks |
| Crew | Nikos Nikolettos | Thanks |
| Crew | Stella Theodoraki | Thanks |
| Writing | Nikos Nikolaidis | Writer |
| Production | Nikos Nikolaidis | Producer |
| Sound | Simeon Nikolaidis | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Sifis Koundouros | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Giorgos Triandafyllou | Editor |
| Art | Marie-Louise Bartholomew | Art Direction |
| Art | Marie-Louise Bartholomew | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie-Louise Bartholomew | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tereza Nikolson | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Yannis Haralambidis | Sound |
| Writing | Nikos Nikolaidis | Idea |
| Writing | Nikos Nikolaidis | Story |
| Writing | Nikos Nikolaidis | Screenplay |
| Crew | Sifis Koundouros | Cinematography |
| Editing | Giannis Tsiolakis | Colorist |
| Editing | Kelly Soulioti | Colorist |
| Sound | Simeon Nikolaidis | Music Programmer |
| Sound | Gordon Jensen | Music Programmer |
| Editing | Maria Girmi | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Giannis Charalabidis | Sound |
| Sound | Mark Kenna | Dolby Consultant |
| Sound | Valia Tserou | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Kostas Varympopiotis | Sound |
| Directing | Themis Katz | Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie-Louise Bartholomew | Costume Designer |
