Ioanna Mavrea

Trying to overcome his childhood injuries, Christos-Raphael resorts to various solutions. He does group self-improvement exercises, buys his favorite car, builds the house of his dreams, with hidden lighting and a bathroom for the guests. But when the right time comes, he understands how he becomes himself, all that he hid so desperately under the carpet for so many years.

Katerina insists on swimming in the sea, even though it is strictly prohibited. She spends all of her money paying fines, and ultimately has no choice but to ask her mother for help, putting their strained relationship to the test.

Five people gather in a house, totally unable to decide about the burial of their friend who just passed away. Their microcosm resembles the city outside, bursting with chaos and disorder.

When Maria, a young pregnant woman is fired, she goes on a birth strike.

As the lights flicker on a warm August night, amidst vacant Athens' stillness, a modern bohemian flirts with a woman he just met at a phone booth, while strolling around the city's quiet night streets.

It's Eleni's birthday. Friends and relatives are gathering together. Their relationships are going to be tested.

Amongst the constantly talking animals of a herd, the basic rule of normality is the theater of conversation. When a young animal loses its voice and goes into hiding, the talking herd can’t accept its weakness and follows the rule, speaking to it using monologues. The young animal remains silent and the talking herd stands confused and unable to decide whether it’s really sick or just pretending. But as the silent, isolated animal struggles to get its voice back, the talking animals surround its cage and the most distrustful of them attacks.

"The House by the River" unravels the thread of the lives of five siblings who grew up in a place where time flowed alongside the waters of the river, full of dreams and anticipation.