The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada) screens in 11 Canadian cities 1-31October2024.
“Fantasia” will be one of the films presented and it sings to you with its heart and soul. Like much of the traditional Greek music that is full of suffering and personal agony heard in the film many of the characters are living their personal agony.
Fotini (Rena Morfi) as a child survives a motor vehicle accident that killed her mother whose last words as she lay dying in a field were “Paradise” which is the name of the club ex-Athens where Fotini began to be noticed as a singer.
Fotini rises to extraordinary fame assisted and boosted by her mentor Vlassis Christakis (Stelios Mainas) a close friend with her father. On the rise to stardom, she has an affair with Nikos a popular singer. Nikos is badly beaten and crippled by a beating set-up by Vlassis. A jealous lover? Nikos meets a tragic end and Fotini carries on enduring contract disputes, litigation and the Greek paparazzi.
Fotini’s “father” dies and leaves a shocking letter behind for Fotini igniting a desperate search on her part and culminating with the exposure of a secret when coupled with the last two songs of the film may cause a tear to roll down your eyes.
The music is key to the film as the plot is somewhat predictable so you can revel in the music without becoming entangled in a complicated plot. And the music in the film sings with heart and soul.
That odd scene shot in 1967 at the Tropicana in Las Vegas by the duo” Fantasia” will make sense.
You can watch the trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVL_3Ndi6SY .
Directed and written by Alexis Kardaras.
RKS 2024 Film Rating 82/100.
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