Life in a Beat Poster
[ Official Selection 2026 ]

Life in a Beat

schedule 92 MIN
public Greece-Cyprus-Bulgaria-North Macedonia-Montenegro-France
calendar_today 2025

When a 20-year-old Athenian woman simultaneously loses her job and discovers she is pregnant, she must make bold choices to regain control of her life and achieve independence.

Director

Amerissa Basta

SYNOPSIS

Lena, a 20-year-old woman, lives in a small, crowded apartment in Athens, filled with chaos and unspoken tension. Caught between family expectations, poverty, and her desire for independence, her days follow a monotonous rhythm: working at a supermarket, enduring family conflicts, and living without personal space. Her dream is simple – to move out and start a life on her own terms, far from the toxic environment she grew up in.

This fragile balance collapses when Lena loses her job. Almost simultaneously, she discovers she is pregnant. In a world where nothing is certain, the new life growing inside her becomes both a burden and a possibility.

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