Intrigue

After ten years of marriage, a kind fifty-something building manager sees the passion wane for his wife. Now, the apartment building's ruined main sewer line complicates his already humdrum life. Will this disaster lead to a sudden change?

A gently ironic portrait of a midlife crisis. Pavlos takes over the job of building manager just as a sewage pipe bursts. Will Pavlos succeed in fixing the broken sewage pipe before he can fix his own wrecked life? Director Hoursoglou succeeds in creating a faithful, entertaining, and even touching portrait of "ordinary" interpersonal relations.—Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Little by little--after ten years of marriage, and two children--the kind and courteous fifty-something paterfamilias, Pavlos, sees the passion wane for his wife, Niki. To make matters worse, when Pavlos takes over the decrepit apartment building's custodial care from his septuagenarian mother, right from the start, insurmountable obstacles and a ruined main sewer line complicate his already humdrum existence. Is the inexperienced building manager up to the task? Will this large-scale disaster pave the way for a sudden and irreversible change?—Nick Riganas