Country: Greece
Year: 2015
Duration: 90'
The postmodern adaptation of a Greek tragedy is about to be performed in a theater in Athens. Like every evening, the spectators have taken their seats and are waiting for the show to begin. Suddenly, the lights go out and the stage is invaded by a group of young people dressed in black and carrying weapons. They ask forgiveness for the interruption and invite the audience to join them in the performance. Who are these people? Are they part of the production or is there something real and disturbing about their invasion? In a crescendo of tension and doubts, the play continues, upending the terms of the discussion: this time, life is imitating art and not the other way round.
Biography
film director
Yorgos Zois
Yorgos Zois (Athens, Greece, 1982) lives and works in Athens. After studying applied mathematics and nuclear physics, he changed milieu and specialized in film directing. He debuted in 2010 with the short Casus Belli, which participated at the Venice Film Festival and later obtained various international awards. He returned to Venice with his next films Titloi Telous, which won the EFA Award, and Interruption, his debut feature film, which was presented in the Orizzonti section. The film was made with the support of TorinoFilmLab, and was also selected by the Atelier of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Gap Financing Market in 2014.
FILMOGRAFIA
Casus Belli (cm, 2010), Titloi Telous (cm, 2012), Interruption (2015
Declaration
film director
“Interruption is a film about a hostage situation that differs from all the rest; there are no cops, no negotiations, no public opinion watching from the sidelines. It’s a hostage situation without the hostages realizing it. From my point of view, this situation resembles that of our own lives; we too are hostages of the spectacle in front of us.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Yorgos Zois
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Yorgos Zois, Vasilis Kyriakopoulos
fotografia/cinematography
Yannis Kanakis
montaggio/film editing
Yannis Chalkiadakis
scenografia/production design
Spyros Laskaris
costumi/costume design
Zorana Meić, Eva Goulakou
suono/sound
Hrvoje Petek, Alexandros Sidiropoulos, Aris Louziotis, Hervé Buirette
interpreti/cast
Alexandros Vardaxoglou, Sofia Kokkali, Pavlos Iordanopoulos, Hristos Karteris, Romanna Lobats, Angeliki Margeti, Natassa Brouzioti, Aineias Tsamatis, Constantinos Voudouris, Maria Kallimani, Areti Seidaridou
produttori/producers
Maria Drandaki, Elie Meirovitz, Siniša Juričić
produzione/production
Pan Entertainment, EZ Films, JDP
coproduttori/coproducers
Theodora Valenti-Pikrou, David Danesi, Victoria Sankina, Filippos Marmoutas, Panos Papadopoulos, Jean-Yves Rousseaux, Sylvain Fage
contatti/contacts
EZ Festivals
Ray Meirovitz
ray@ez-films.com
www.ez-films.com
Yorgos Zois
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Yorgos Zois, Vasilis Kyriakopoulos
fotografia/cinematography
Yannis Kanakis
montaggio/film editing
Yannis Chalkiadakis
scenografia/production design
Spyros Laskaris
costumi/costume design
Zorana Meić, Eva Goulakou
suono/sound
Hrvoje Petek, Alexandros Sidiropoulos, Aris Louziotis, Hervé Buirette
interpreti/cast
Alexandros Vardaxoglou, Sofia Kokkali, Pavlos Iordanopoulos, Hristos Karteris, Romanna Lobats, Angeliki Margeti, Natassa Brouzioti, Aineias Tsamatis, Constantinos Voudouris, Maria Kallimani, Areti Seidaridou
produttori/producers
Maria Drandaki, Elie Meirovitz, Siniša Juričić
produzione/production
Pan Entertainment, EZ Films, JDP
coproduttori/coproducers
Theodora Valenti-Pikrou, David Danesi, Victoria Sankina, Filippos Marmoutas, Panos Papadopoulos, Jean-Yves Rousseaux, Sylvain Fage
contatti/contacts
EZ Festivals
Ray Meirovitz
ray@ez-films.com
www.ez-films.com
