Film

The Correction

Name: The Correction
Released: 2016

Social drama
Very dark

An eight-minute Greek short confronting homophobia head-on. A man living in a shared Athens apartment is appalled by his lesbian neighbours, and the film doesn't look away from his disgust—or from what his contempt threatens to become. It's a provocation wrapped in discomfort, asking what 'normal' really means. For anyone ready to sit with difficult ideas.

Should you watch it?

Watch it if you want short, unflinching work that confronts prejudice head-on and can sit with discomfort long after it ends, and you care more about the moral question than about plot.

Skip it if you need some distance or relief, since this stark piece about sexual violence offers no respite, and it can feel more like a provocation than a drama.

What it asks of you: Under eight minutes, it is blunt and close-quarters, with little space between scenes and nothing to let the air out before it stops.

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