Takis (Aky Ilaskarazisis) raises sheep in a small Greek village. Takis has a longstanding feud with Kyriakou (Dimitris Xanthopoulos) over land ownership. A situation of two hot heads colliding in a violent verbal spar starting the film with Kyriakou without much community support just being released from three years in prison. Community standards run highContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: The 65th Thessaloniki International Film Festival: “Meat”: Twice Out of Control and Twice Dead”
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RKS Film: “Xenia” Some Eight Years Later
“Xenia” is a 2014 Greek/Belgian/French production. In Greek Xenia means hospitality towards guests and foreigners and is derived from Xenos meaning foreigner. Given that the main characters in the film Ody (Nikos Gelia) and Dany (Kostas Nikouli) are half Greek and Albanian and that Dany is gay in the Greece of 2014 there is notContinue reading “RKS Film: “Xenia” Some Eight Years Later”
