Trigonometry

In crowded, expensive London, a cash-strapped couple open their small flat to a third person. Gemma is a chef who runs a café; her boyfriend Kieran is a paramedic – and Ray, who moves in with the young couple, is at a loss. Until recently, she was a world-class synchronised swimmer, but now she’s looking for a new direction, job and place in life. She discovers two people who love each other very much, but who don’t really know where they are going – in terms of the café, sex, or their lives. What commences is a modern-day love story that will change all of their lives forever.
Written and created by Duncan Macmillan and Effie Woods, Trigonometry is the first series project by Athina Rachel Tsangari (Attenberg, Chevalier). The Greek director, actress and 2013 Berlinale jury member has directed five of the eight episodes, all of which will be screened at the festival. While the rest of the world talks about identity politics, Trigonometry turns this into an intense, compelling, funny and intelligent drama about relationships and family. Can the three characters find a new way to love? And will the world let them?
 

details

  • Runtime

    213 min
  • Country

    Great Britain
  • Year of Presentation

    2020
  • Year of Production

    2020
  • Director

    Athina Rachel Tsangari (Lead Director, Ep. 1-5), Stella Corradi (Director, Ep. 6-8)
  • Cast

    Ariane Labed, Thalissa Teixeira, Gary Carr
  • Production Company

    House Productions
  • Berlinale Section

    Berlinale Series
  • Berlinale Category

    Series

Biography Athina Rachel Tsangari (Lead Director, Ep. 1-5)

Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Attenberg (2010) premiered in competition at the
Venice Film Festival where it won the Coppa Volpi Award for Best Actress for
Ariane Labed, and further garnered several best film awards worldwide. Her latest feature Chevalier (2016) won Best Film at the BFI-London Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the Independent Spirit Awards. Both Attenberg and Chevalier were Greece’s submissions to the Academy Awards. For the last ten years she has operated Haos Film, a filmmaker-run company based in Athens, Greece. Among Haos’ producing credits are Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinetta (2005), Dogtooth (2009) and Alps (2011). 

Filmography Athina Rachel Tsangari (Lead Director, Ep. 1-5)

2000 The Slow Business of Going | 2010 Attenberg | 2013 The Benaki Museum (Short) | 2019 30/30 Vision: 3 Decades of Strand Releasing | 2020 Trigonometry (TV Mini-Series) (5 episodes)

Filmography Stella Corradi (Director, Ep. 6-8)

2016 Little Soldier (Short) | 2018 Through the Gates (TV Short) | 2020 Trigonometry (TV Mini-Series) (3 episodes)