How do we understand cult cinema and which films shaped the term in Greece? "Latreia" explores the cult phenomenon mainly through: "Tsiou" by Makis Papadimitratou, "Spirtokouto" by Yannis Oikonomidis, "Let the Women Wait" by Stavros Tsioulis and the episode "Vietnam" from "Everything is a Road" by Pantelis Voulgaris, gathering testimonies from creators and contributors, as well as people from the journalistic and artistic world.
An elementary music teacher living in a secluded town in the mountains with his dog, longs to escape the cold in favour of a warmer life by the beach. When his dog disappears, his sanity comes into question, as ringings of the afterlife begin to bring forth visions that shake up his world.
A rundown establishment, a retro diner, lies in the middle of nowhere on the MOTORWAY. It's our hero's, Jimmy's, only legacy and connection to his deceased parents. It's where he lived his whole life. Even when the new MOTORWAY blocked access to the diner, Jimmy preferred to stay, holding on to the memories of his family and providing a job to three incompetent but deep-down good-hearted employees: Mara, the rebellious till girl; Nicko, the grumpy handyman who struggles to complete his pension plan; and Abi, a Nigerian immigrant who works there as the cook.
The silent struggle and systematic hate between Greek natives and refugees will lead to their brutal confrontation over the course of one night
When mysterious creatures invade a Greek seaside port, a misfit band of musicians, tourists, bodybuilders, and grannies unite to save the city in this quirky action-comedy.
Neurologist Katerina and former doctor Yannis are heading off to a deserted seaside resort. Silence descends on the car as they travel across dunes in a windy autumn, matching the less-than-pleasant occasion: Yannis has been called to identify the victim of a tragic accident at the hospital of the small town. When the local policeman informs them that the victim’s vehicle had plunged over the parapet of a stone bridge and leads them to the morgue, Katerina sees her worst suspicions confirmed. Together with Yannis, but also on her own nightly excursions to a mysterious, rustic beach bar called Arcadia, they begin to put the pieces of the puzzle together, revealing a haunting story of love, loss, acceptance and letting go.
The life of an obsessive anti-social chef Sotiria "Sote" Vokakis gets mixed up like a salad when she is forced to return to Greece to take the role of the judge in a provocative cooking reality show. The recipe is explosive: Sote's relationship with television is reminiscent of an allergic reaction, while the producer of the show is her daughter, with whom she hasn't spoken for over ten years. And the dessert? She has to star in a cooking show, and in the last few weeks she has completely lost... her taste!
It is the early 20th century on a dystopian Greek island. Hadoula, a widow who lost her husband, loannis Fragkos, at a young age, is a woman who has learned how to survive in a male-dominated and extremely patriarchal society. Hadoula carries a difficult burden within her. Like a baton passed on to her from her mother, and the generations before her, she is meant to accept the belittling and degradation of women. Hadoula reacts. Her personal, internal revolution soon comes forth. The victims of her outburst are the little girls of the island, whom she sets free from the social and economic burden that their existence entails by taking their lives. Her actions will bring her face to face with the law. She leaves her home and escapes to her refuge, nature. But as much as her faith and morals dictate that she did the right thing, her trans-generational trauma follows her everywhere. And the end comes as redemption.
A railway crossing in the middle of nowhere. Two guards: solitary Yiannis who never leaves his post and cool Antonis who goes with the rhythm of the landscape. Every once in a while, a voice announces the passing of a train. The two guards manually lower the bars. Nothing seems to stir their daily routine until love charges in, crushing all certainties.
Summer in a small Greek island. Amelia discovers her mother's illicit affair, refusing to believe what she saw. She will run away from home with Epaminondas, her first love. They will live an adventure, testing themselves and whoever they encounter along their way, ending up at the end of the night as children again in the hands of their parents.
Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos is a Greek film and stage actor, based in Athens. Graduated from "Vasilis Diamantopoulos" drama school in 2003 and since then he has been working as an actor, a playwright and a scriptwriter. He has participated in over 30 theatrical plays and more than 60 shorts, feature films and TV series. Recently, he has been awarded with the Best Male Performance Award both in Athens and Drama International Film Festivals for his performance in Valentin Stejkals' "5 p.m. Seaside" and shared the Best Screenplay Award with Yorgos Gousis and Elena Topalidou for the feature film "Magnetic Fields" in the Hellenic Film Academy Awards, in which he was also nominated as Best Actor.
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