'Satisfaction' Digs Up Buried Trauma of Couple on Greek Island Holiday

“The Brutalist’s” Emma Laird and “Dunkirk” star Fionn Whitehead are British composers whose frail bond begins to unravel on a Greek island holiday in Alex Burunova’s “Satisfaction,” a psychological drama that has its Greek premiere Nov. 2 at the Thessaloniki Film Festival .

The film, which bowed earlier this year at SXSW, marks the narrative feature directorial debut of Burunova, who also wrote the script and shares a producing credit. Produced by Perfect Circle Films, Driven Equation, Carte Blanche and Constant Production, it will compete for the Golden Alexander in Thessaloniki’s main competition. U.K.-French sales-production outfit Alief is handling world sales, with UTA repping North American rights.

“Satisfaction” follows the tumultuous relationship of Lola (Laird) and Philip