A SAD AND VULGAR LONER

UN VULGAR Y TRISTE

By Efthymia ZYMVRAGAKI

GRIS MEDIO - as PROD

Documentary - Development 2023

I received an unexpected proposal: a man who had been using violence against the women he says he loves, wants me to turn his autobiography into a film. But it won't be the film he thought, after the final duel with his violent alter ego, Juan, I am the one left to tell the story.

Festivals
& Awards

L'Alternativa Mentoring Projects 2019
When East Meets West 2020
IDFAacademy 2020
CIRCLE 2020
SIFF Lau Haizetara 2021
L'Alternativa Cinema pendent 2021
Non Finito, Rec 1er Test 2021
MEDIMED 2021
Marché du film Cannes Docs CIRCLE 2022
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Biography, First film
    • Countries
    • GERMANY, SPAIN
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Budget
    • 0.3 - 0.6 M$
    • Duration
    • 85 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Efthymia ZYMVRAGAKI
    • Producer(s)
    • Angelo ORLANDO (GRIS MEDIO), Anna M. BOFARULL (KABOGA ART & FILMS), Patricia SÁNCHEZ MORA (Novena Nuve), Valentin THURN (ThurnFilm)
    • Synopsis
    • “A Sad and Vulgar Loner” explores what happens when an abusive man speaks out, positioning himself as a critic of violence. Without excusing his acts, the film creates a space in which the abuser has a voice, bringing a new perspective on violence and abuse with a focus on the breaking of violent cycles and the urgent need for a healing process in society. As a child Ernesto experienced his father’s violent attacks against his mother. Once an adult it turned out that he had inherited the patterns of violence. He ended up in a psychiatric hospital after trying to kill his wife and son. It took decades of abusive behavior with different relationships until he recognized he had an issue. He then described his inner conflict in an autobiographical novel. Now it is time to turn it into a movie.