09/05/2017 - The former assistant director is poised to start shooting his new movie, with actor Aris Servetalis in the lead role

A promo shot for Apples

Christos Nikou has previously worked as an assistant director on feature films, the most prominent of which was Yorgos Lanthimos’ Dogtooth [+see also:
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The screenplay, written by the director and Stavros Raptis, takes place in the recent past, in a world where most of the population starts to experience memory lapses. The hero, a 35-year-old man (played by Aris Servetalis, known from Lanthimos’ Alps [+see also:
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Apples is a production by Greek company Boo Productions, has received backing from the MEDIA Development Fund and has been supported by the Greek Film Centre. According to the producer’s notes, there have been some extensive discussions with a number of international production companies with a view to forming the final co-production partnership. The film will start shooting in Greece and abroad in the next six months.