Hardcore (2004)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Hardcore |
| Original title | Hardcore |
| Country of production | Greece |
| original language | Greek |
| Publishing year | 2004 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Dennis Iliadis |
| script | Dennis Iliadis , Aleka Laskou (based on the novel) |
| production |
Dennis Iliadis , Iraklis Mavroidis |
| music |
Coti K. , Christos Lainas as One Finger Music |
| camera | Thimios Bakatakis |
| cut | Yorgos Mavropsaridis |
| occupation | |
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Hardcore is the feature film debut of the Greek director Dennis Iliadis from 2004. The film is based on the novel by two women who published the book in 2000 under the common pseudonym Aleka Laskou .
Synopsis
At just “seventeen and a half”, Martha feels like an old woman when she talks about her first meeting with sixteen-year-old Nadia in the opening scene. Both work in a cheap brothel , run strictly and efficiently by Manos. Violence and drugs determine her milieu , but while Martha has surrendered to her fate and claims to have a certain masochistic pleasure in her work, prostitution is only a first step for Nadia: she wants to become famous.
Although Martha initially envies her "youthfulness", self-confidence and the fact that Nadia is starting a relationship with the handsome prostitute colleague Argyris, she agrees when Nadia suggests moving in together. While the two girls get closer and closer and finally see each other as a "couple", the rest of their relationships slowly get out of control, blood flows, Manos and others die.
This initially leads to Nadia actually becoming known and the two apparently escaping from addiction to men. But that is, like so much in their lives, only illusion and Martha grave doubts.
production
The film was released on DVD in Germany on June 30, 2011.
Awards
- Internationales Filmfest Oldenburg 2004: German Independence Award - audience award
- Stockholm International Film Festival 2005: Nominated for the Bronze Horse
literature
- dvdheimat, Stefan Dabrock: Used lives
- moviepilot : Hardcore
- Variety , December 17, 2004 Derek Elley: Review Hardcore (English)
- Watchinghorror.com, December 3, 2008, Erik S .: A Tale of Two Hookers, Greek-style (English)
References
- Hardcore in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Certificate of Release for Hardcore . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2005 (PDF; test number: 103 429 DVD).
- ↑ a b Hardcore review by Derek Elley on Variety.com
- ↑ EuroVideo: New DVD sales in June 2011 on Kino.de
- ↑ a b Hardcore on IMDb , accessed October 7, 2016