O vasilias (2002)

Director:

Nikos Grammatikos

Writers:

Nikos Grammatikos (writer)
Nikos Panayotopoulos (writer)

Release Date:

28 February 2003 (Greece)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A 35-year old man, just released from jail, decides to make a clean break from the big city and his troubled past...

Plot Keywords:

Village | Depiction Of Corrupt Society | Hunting | Chess | Misfit

Awards:

5 wins

Cast

Vangelis Mourikis	...	Vangelis Farmakoris
Marilita Lambropoulou	...	Maria
Minas Hatzisavvas	...	Petros Voliotis
Babis Giotopoulos	...	Mayor
Vivi Koka	...	Vivika
Tasos Nousias	...	Anastasis
Evangelia Adreadaki	...	Georgia
Kostas Kalokairinos		(as Konstadinos Kalokairinos)
Antonis Alexiou
Periklis Lianos	...	Thanasis
Karafil Shena
Alexia Veronikiati	...	Angeliki
Yannis Zouganelis	...	Giannis
Anna Vagena	...	Athina
Dimitra Hatoupi	...	District Attorney

Also Known As:

The King (International: English title)

Runtime:

Greece:130 min

Country:

Greece

Language:

Greek

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Company:

Art Factory

Soundtrack:

Nanourisma

Great fantastic film!

Indeed fellow mate from Greece, few Greek films can make such an impression. I don't really give a s##t whether it made a 'blockbuster' success - what I would really like for this film is to be given a chance for an international watching (the DVD i saw has English subtitles option) and that's great because it deserves to be seen outside Greece as well.

An accurate study on the culture and ethics of Greek country, especially that of a small community like a village. All acting is excellent, music also fits the mood great, the plot (based on a real story) is gripping, everything is perfect in this film which has nothing to do with the rest of the wanna-be Greek crap that gets wide distribution.

Grammatikos is a great visionary, his other film I have seen, "Apontes" is also great - but didn't make me the same impression as this did. Add that Giannis Zouganelis (comic legend, but also good actor) is also in it and you got a winner - by any measure - either you're a enthusiastic film buff (arty or not) or your an occasional film-goer, you have to see this great Greek film to appreciate it, and to see that THERE IS Greek cinema that has something to say, if rare.

And yes, there's woman skin for all to see, but fortunately not enough (and not filmed SEXY enough) to make the viewer distract from the true thing.

All thumbs up (hands and feet), easily one of my best Greek films so far!