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Hristos Passalis is known for:

  • The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea
    Elizabeth, a sexually yielding policewoman is miserable in the narrow-minded town she is living, while Rita, a lonely eel-hatchery worker, is trying to escape from the sticky situations of her life.
  • Dogtooth
    Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family abode is instantly assigned a new meaning. Hence 'the sea' refers to a large armchair and 'zombies' are little yellow flowers. Having invented a brother whom they claim to have ostracized for his disobedience, the uber-controlling parents terrorize their offspring into submission.
  • Black Field
    1654, Ottoman Empire, Greece. A Turkish Warrior arrives heavily wounded at a remote Christian female monastery and is nursed by Anthi, a young nun under the oath of silence. They fall in love against all odds. But Anthi is tormented by a dark secret. The two lovers escape in the nearby forest, where Anthi's secret is revealed: She is, in fact, a boy...

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Biography

Hristos Passalis is born in Thessaloniki, Greece. He graduates from the Drama School of National Theatre of Northern Greece in 2000. In 2004, he co-founds Blitztheatregroup. To date, he writes, directs and acts in all the group’s performances. For cinema, he participates in Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Dogtooth”. He is awarded with the Best Supporting Actor award from the Greek Film Academy. He also takes part in Vardis Marinakis’ “Black Field” (2009), Syllas Tzoumerkas’ “Homeland” (2009) and “The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea” (2018) and Fiona Tan’s “History’s Future” (2015).