The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea (), is a 2019 thriller/drama Greek film with horror and surrealist elements, directed by Syllas Tzoumerkas. It tells the story two women, a police woman and an eel hatchery worker, whose solitary lives cross when a circle of violence erupts in the poor, small town of Western Greece where they live. Angeliki Papoulia, Youla Boudali and Christos Passalis lead the film's ensemble cast. Tzoumerkas' third film after Homeland (Hora Proelefsis, 2010) and A Blast (2014), The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea had its world premiere at the Panorama section of the 69th Berlinale. Cast Angeliki Papoulia as Elisabeth Youla Boudali as Rita Christos Passalis as Manolis Argyris Xafis as Vassilis Laertis Malkotsis as Andreas Thanassis Dovris as Michalis Maria Filini as Axel Michalis Kimonas as Vangelis Christian Culbida as Dimitris, Elisabeth's son Laertis Vassiliou as Grigoris Michalis Mathioudakis as Mitsos Thanos Tokakis as The priest and Christ Alkistis Poulopoulou as Faye Katerina Helmy as The mother Romanos Kalokyris as The young terrorist Areti Seidaridou as The young student Marianna Bozantzoglou as Nefeli Nikos Diotis as Lambros Vassilis Svigos as Policeman at the beach Ektor Liatsos as Eel hatchery worker Yorgos Tsemberopoulos as The police chief Haris Attonis as Jairus Anna Djordjikia as Mary Petros Chytiris as Joseph Akis Mitsoulis as The Holy City Saloon DJ Plot After supervising a violent police raid of the Anti-terrorist Unit in Athens, Elisabeth is dismissively sent away to the small town of Missolonghi to serve as the local police chief. Ten years after her downgrading, a heavy alcoholic and a scandal to the local community, Elisabeth is still stuck in the swampy little town, together with her only-son, now a teenager. A morning like any other, Elisabeth's lethargic, desperate routine starts interacting and connecting with the religious visions and the bloody nightmares of a silent and mysterious eel-hatchery worker. When a suicide sets off a series of violent events in the local community, secrets long-hidden in the swamps begin to resurface, leading to a lethal confrontation of the two women with all their suppressors. Production As a project in development, The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea was presented at the Berlinale Script Station, the Rotterdam-Berlinale Express (the joint programme of Cinemart and the Berlinale Co-Production Market), the Nipkow programme and A.C.E.. At the Berlinale Co-production Market, the project received the Special Mention of the Eurimages Co-production Development Award