Hold Onto Me is the first movie I’ve seen that was filmed in Cyprus. The film is spoken in Greek, and tells the story of an 11 year old named Iris, who sees her father for the first time in 7 years. He’s back for his own father’s funeral.
She is instantly curious and drawn to him. Wanting to get to know him, she keeps popping up wherever he is. At first, he is annoyed, but slowly he allows her to join him on his adventures.
The father spends time selling his own father’s belongings, and uses Iris to help him. There are also men he appears to owe money to, suggesting he is either in trouble or involved in something illegal, though this subplot is never fully clarified.
Iris is mesmerized by her father. You can see the way she looks at him. She completely adores him, even though he hasn’t been in the picture for 7 years. This absence is never addressed in conversation, she never asks about it, and it is unfortunately never explained.
While I really enjoyed the film, I wish we had learned more about what was going on in the father’s mind. I would have liked that to be explored further. I was also surprised when the movie ended. It felt abrupt. I wanted more.
Unfortunately, I had to run to another movie right after, or I would have loved to have been able to stay for the Q&A to learn more about this film.
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