Xenia - A New Greek Odyssey

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Movie
German title Xenia - A New Greek Odyssey
Original title Ξενία / Xenia
Country of production France ,
Belgium ,
Greece
original language Greek ,
Albanian
Publishing year 2014
length 128 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Panos H. Koutras
script Panos H. Koutras,
Panagiotis Evangelidis
production Eleni Kossyfidou ,
Panos H. Koutras,
Alexander Boussiou
music Delaney Blue
camera Hélène Louvart ,
Simon Sarketzis
cut Yorgos Lamprinos
occupation

Xenia - A New Greek Odyssey ( Greek Ξενία , Xenia ) is a Greek film by Panos H. Koutras . The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard series at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival . The cinema release in Germany was on January 15, 2015.

action

The brothers Danny and Ody are fundamentally different: while 18-year-old Ody is grounded and mature and has built up an existence in Athens despite his Albanian origins, 16-year-old Danny is volatile, adventurous, gay and still lives with his mother in Crete . When his mother dies, Danny wants to stay with Ody in Athens to plunge into the nightlife there. After a nightly incident, the two decide to look for their long-lost, wealthy father, who is said to be in Thessaloniki . Once there, they encounter the casting for the “Superstar” singing competition. Ody hopes to finally realize his dream of becoming a musician.

criticism

The film received mostly positive reviews. At Rotten Tomatoes , 85% of the reviews are positive, out of a total of 13 reviews. The film service judges: " The film carefully describes the step-by-step approach of two fundamentally different brothers, of whom the elder takes on the role of a surrogate father and through his care heals the emotional injuries of the younger."

Awards

The film won the Q Hugo Award at the 2014 Chicago International Film Festival and the Special Jury Award at the 2014 Gijón International Film Festival. At the Hamburg Film Festival in 2014, he received a nomination for the political film prize of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation . At the Hellenic Film Academy Awards 2015, the film received 15 nominations and was a. a. Awarded for Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Aggelos Papadimitriou) and Best Screenplay.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Xenia - A New Greek Odyssey . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , December 2014 (PDF; test number: 149 040 V).
  2. ↑ Release Info. Internet Movie Database, accessed February 26, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Xenia. Rotten Tomatoes, accessed February 26, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Xenia. Filmdienst , accessed on February 26, 2016 (short review).
  5. ↑ Awards. Internet Movie Database, accessed February 26, 2016 .