Interviews

Interview: Aggeliki Papoulia – ALPS

Published on July 17, 2012

First introduced to international auds as the eldest daughter in Yorgos Lanthimos’ freakshow family portrait known as Dogtooth (2009), Aggeliki Papoulia returns to the fold holding the majority of the chips as Monte Rosa in ALPS. A nurse by day and a caretaker type character who moonlights during her off hours as part of band of well-intentioned misfits, Monte Rosa helps folk deal with the separation and grieving processes and distinctly is the most committed of the troupe playing teenage tennis player, English-speaking lover, best friend to the blind, a fake daughter and the perhaps a real daughter. In Greek and amusingly English dialogue, Papoulia offers an intense performance as someone who is either borderline crazy, mentally fatigued or simply, performing beyond the call of duty.

This interview was conducted at the 2011 Toronto Int. Film Festival and Kino Lorber releases in limited theatres this month.

Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).