El Greco (2007)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Yannis Smaragdis

Writers:

Dimitris Nollas (script advisor)
Phil Parker (script advisor)

Release Date:

22 May 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Studio | Greek Dancing | 16th Century | Angel | Dark Ages

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Nick Ashdon	...	El Greco
Juan Diego Botto	...	Niño de Guevara
Laia Marull	...	Jerónima de las Cuevas
Lakis Lazopoulos	...	Nikolos
Sotiris Moustakas	...	Titian
Dimitra Matsouka	...	Francesca
Dina Konsta	...	Maid
Giorgos Hristodoulou	...	Duke Da Rimi
Dimitris Kalivokas	...	Chacon
Roger Coma	...	Father Paravicino
Fermí Reixach	...	Don Miguel de las Cuevas
Miquel Gelabert	...	Cardinal
Katerina Helmy	...	Spanish Noble Woman
Lida Protopsalti	...	Carcadil's Wife
Tassos Palatzidis	...	Prisonner

Runtime:

Greece:119 min

Country:

Greece | Spain | Hungary

Language:

English | Spanish | Greek

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Athens, Greece

Company:

Alexandros Film

Trivia:

The last acting performance by Sotiris Moustakas.

Soundtrack:

Siga-siga vrehei o Theos

Big budgets don't make great movies always.

I wanted to see this movie. The one with the highest budget in all Greek history. Well.. I still don't knowing where all that money was spent.

It lacks of almost everything. No good dialogues, good actors wasted due to a, being good, a very poor script. It's a voice in off who tells you most part of the story... why do you want actors then I asked.

Probably the customs, colours and music is the only thing you can remember after watching it but not enough. I wanted to stop the movie several times cause is so superficial. You don't get involved at all with any of the characters, not with the story. Actually you don't care about El Greco after 20 min watching it.

I could feel the same frustration when I saw "El Capitán Alatriste". The Spanish movie with the highest budget ever in this country. Very, very disappointing. El Greco is, with all my respects, The Greek-Crap.