剧情片

影片在欢乐中开场，一家人其乐融融，为11岁小女儿庆祝生日，后者却趁大家不备，纵身从阳台上跳下自杀。这个突如其来反差强烈的场面，为后面所有的剧情发展打下基调。 在自己11岁生日的当天，安格里基从包厢里跑了出来，当场摔死。当地的警方和检察官都想找出这个小姑娘自杀的原因，但是她的家人却坚称，这是一起事故。只是11岁的安格里基到底有什么不为人知的秘密？她的家庭又在试图做着些什么？

1936年，34岁的拿破仑·苏卡兹迪斯因为参加希腊抵抗运动，被德国纳粹收押入狱。在拉科尼亚，希腊抵抗力量袭击纳粹，导致纳粹将军和三名护卫死亡。纳粹为了实行报复，决定用50个希腊囚犯的生命来换1个德国人的性命，拿破仑和其余199个囚犯就此走上了命运的陌路。在受刑当天，集中营指挥官费舍尔希望拿破仑继续留在营中做翻译，给了他免除死刑的机会，但他要找另一个囚犯代替受刑。

Fueled by the arrival of a young painter, Elpida is a housewife who finds refuge from her monotonous life in her own fantasy world. As this fantasy world becomes filled with thoughts of vengeful violence, the lines blur between fantasy and reality. As events progress, Elpida is forced to question her own reality as she struggles to remember what really happened. »Pause« is Tonia Mishiali’s debut as director of a feature film and is a personal movie about a woman’s struggle in an oppressive marriage. This movie is heavily influenced by Mishiali’s own upbringing in patriarchal Cyprus. »Pause« is a drama with dark humour that sinks viewers into the world of Elpida and makes them question the position of women as mothers, wives and daughters.