Official Selection - Competition 2012 / To agori troi to fagito tou pouliou / Greece 2012
The original, keenly anticipated debut from one of the greatest talents of Greek film powerfully investigates three days in the life of an Athens boy who is without a job, a girlfriend, or anything to eat. This radically intimist, Bressonesque movie is a fascinating visual puzzle about a dogged endeavor to maintain human dignity during a time of crisis.
The original, eagerly anticipated debut from one of the greatest talents of Greek film powerfully investigates three days in the life of an Athens boy who is without a job, a girlfriend, or anything to eat. The only thing he has left is his canary, and he will quite literally share with it anything he’s got. Distinctive director Ektoras Lygizos steers his protagonist clear of the social context, referring to the current critical situation in Greece, where it is impossible to plan more than a half day in advance, exclusively by means of allegory. This radically intimist, Bressonesque movie is a fascinating visual puzzle about a dogged endeavor to maintain one’s inner freedom and human dignity during a time of crisis. Yannis Papadopoulos, for whom the director specifically created the title role, gives an uncommonly powerful performance grounded in his absolute identification with the proud and sensitive loner.
80 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Ektoras Lygizos
/ Screenplay Ektoras Lygizos
/ Dir. of Photography Dimitris Kassimatis
/ Editor Gregory Rentis
/ Producer Giorgos Karnavas
/ Production Stefi Productions
/ Cast Yannis Papadopoulos, Lila Baklesi, Kleopatra Perraki, Vangelis Kommatas, Kharalambos Goyos
/ Contact Heretic
Ektoras Lygizos (b. 1976, Athens) has until now primarily worked in theater, directing productions of plays by Samuel Beckett, Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekhov, and Alfred Jarry. In 2004 he competed at Venice in the Corto Cortissimo section with the short film Pure Youth (Agna niata). Boy Eating the Bird’s Food is his feature film debut.
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Tzavella street 52, 154 51, Athens
Greece
Phone: +30 210 600 5260
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Giorgos Karnavas
Producer
Ektoras Lygizos
Film Director, Film Director
Ioannis Papadopoulos
Actor
Dimitris Kasimatis
Director of Photography
Maria-Kleio Bompoti
Film Crew
Grigorios Rentis
Film Editor
Konstantinos Kontovrakis
Producer
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