The Greek Cinema Club (Ciné-club hellénique de Luxembourg) has announced that it is organising screenings of the film Unclaimed at Ciné Utopia in Luxembourg-Limpertsberg on Tuesday 18 March at 19:00 and Wednesday 19 March 2025 at 21:00.
The documentary (Greece, 2024, 75 mins), by Marianna Economou, will be screened in the original Greek version with English subtitles.
Synopsis: In October 2015, dozens of small suitcases were accidentally discovered behind a wall of a central hospital in Athens. They contained the personal belongings of hundreds of patients who had died of tuberculosis in the hospital between the 1940s and 1970s. Until then, no one had looked for them or claimed their remains. Through letters between patients and their relatives, archival material, the journey to find the descendants of the dead and meetings with doctors and nurses today, the documentary uncovers a story of grief and trauma but also of love, hope and resilience throughout post-war Greece.
The documentary illustrates the truth of impoverished Greece and the social stigma surrounding tuberculosis 80 years later, bringing to life the “outcasts” through their belongings and “secret” correspondences.
Tickets cost €6 for club members and €12 for non-members and can be purchased at the cinema before the screening (cash only) or online via Luxembourg Ticket.
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