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

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Company:

Art Factory

Soundtrack:

Nanourisma

one of the most important Greek films

Perhaps, one of the most important and enjoyable Greek films i've seen in the last ten years..Excellent performances(especially yiannis zouganelis is great), well-written script and effective direction from a very special, for the Greek very average standards, auteur. A film, obviously influenced by Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs, that could be a masterpiece if it avoided some evident and exaggerative situations and symbolizations in the end. Nevertheless, this is a movie which deserves our attention and belongs to that rare category of Greek movies which should be watched outside Greece. It's a shame that in Greece didn't work commercially, in addition with other fake and cursory big productions like Politiki Kouzina..