Anathema

On the island of Cyprus, an insomniac is haunted by hallucinations that his mother believes are a message from his dead father.

Cast

Herodotos Miltiadous

as Theodoros

Giannos Antoniou

as Priest

Ermina Kyriazi

as Mother

Nick Lane

as The Faceless Man

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