East of the West - Competition 2019 / Zizotek / Greece 2019
After nine-year-old Jason is abandoned by his mother at a folk festival, he takes refuge in a cabin in the middle of the forest belonging to a mute loner named Minas. Although at first the man won’t take him in, a series of circumstances eventually leads them to form a family – something both of them have lacked for a long time. A touching tale of harmony and the yearning for intimacy that will captivate audiences with its dreamlike atmosphere.
After his compelling drama Black Field (2010), Greek director Vardis Marinakis returns to Karlovy Vary with his sophomore effort about nine-year-old Jason, whose mother abandons him at a folk festival. The unusually independent boy takes refuge in a cabin in the middle of the forest belonging to a mute loner named Minas. Although at first the man won’t take him in, a series of circumstances eventually leads them to form a family – something both of them have lacked for a long time. This touching tale of mutual harmony and the yearning for intimacy will captivate audiences with its dreamlike atmosphere, subtle emotions, and poetic depiction of nature as a refuge for those rejected by the people around them.
Natalia Kozáková
92 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Vardis Marinakis
/ Screenplay Vardis Marinakis, Spiros Krimbalis
/ Dir. of Photography Christina Moumouri
/ Music Ted Regklis
/ Editor Lambis Haralambidis
/ Art Director Pinelopi Valti, Stavros Liokalos
/ Producer Konstantinos Vassilaros
/ Production StudioBauhaus
/ Coproduction 2|35, Ixor VFX
/ Cast August Lambrou-Negrepontis, Dimitris Xanthopoulos, Penelope Tsilika, Nikos Georgakis
/ Contact StudioBauhaus
Vardis Marinakis (b. 1971, Athens). Filmography: Summer Love (Kalokairinos erotas, 2002, short), Second Nature (Defteri fysi, 2005, short), Black Field (Mavro livadi,2010), Zizotek (2019)
StudioBauhaus
28 Zaimi Street, 106 83, Athens
Greece
Phone: +30 213 032 2117
E-mail: [email protected]
Konstantinos Vassilaros
Producer
Avgoustos Lamprou-Negrepontis
Actor
Orfeas Peretzis
Vardis Marinakis
Film Director
Dimitris Xanthopoulos
Actor
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