Three young women are at the heart of this story: Irina, Anna and Vera. The first is a prostitute, whose dream is to move to Canada to change her life. The second, a saleswoman in a bookshop, wants to get married to overcome her family's trauma. And the third, a literature student, discovers the secrets of her parents. Around them, a whole world that seems to be moved only by one thing: money.
The sense of the film, the color, the acting, the direction, it is cold, icy. It reflects the psychology and actions of persons trapped in situations that exceed them. Three Days of Happiness do not try to be simply realistic. The film chooses to highlight the instinctive, the snapshot, the unseen, what we don't notice. Athanitis takes advantage of the unsaid, the silence, the comprehensive short sequences. He gives a symbolic meaning to objects and the body, assigning to them an aptly narrative character, reminding to us Bresson.
Filmed entirely in a dark blue tone, with long shots on faces, and an extremely accurate tone, the whole film gives a strange, sometimes vampire's sensation. Watching the film, I felt been hypnotized, diving in a realistic but at the same time, bizarre world. I loved this film!
