Nikos is an ordinary guy without any ambitions. His father’s sudden death brings back his uncle who proposes to live and work together with him and his wife in the suburbs of Athens. Nikos accepts his uncle’s offer which consists of protecting two purebred dogs from the hostile neighbours. Driven by envy, lust and anger, Nikos merges into a vicious circle of perpetual antagonism, the struggle for power over others and discontent. –LIFFE
think Jerichow via Stranger Than Paradise-era Jarmusch. the cinematography is jaw-dropping and would give Robby Müller a run for his money. some amazing faces populate this film. there is an impressive creativity coming out of Greece these days...
A gritty bastardization of the urban "luxuries", crafted in the style of a defiling noir-homage but without any of that romanticized vanity of the protagonists. Here, a counter-productive settling is slowly pushing Nikos into a cycle of treachery and slackery, the kind some of my co-citizens have gotten used to over the past decades. Another masterpiece by Economidis with Kallimani a revelation of an actress!