08.09.2015
Греческий фильм “Ксения” был номинирован на “Оскар”, 88-яwhose ceremony will take place in 2016. Countries already started nominate their candidates, and the picture from Greece turned out to be among contenders for the title of “Best Foreign Film”.
The film director Panos Kutras tells the story of the brothers with Crete – Danny and Odyssey. After the death of mother Albanians, they cross country in search of his father, a Greek, who had never seen. Caught without Greek passports as foreign children, they face xenophobia and a booming economic crisis. Following the dream through the harsh reality, the brothers move into adulthood.
A year ago, the film was well received in Cannes and presented in category “special view”, although without the scandalous scenes in “Xenia” is not cost. Now the director is ready to conquer fastidious American film critics. Kutras speaks of his film as a dream come true – take a picture of the youth, and at the same time resurrect your memory youth.
It is worth recalling that Panos Kutras made his debut in 1999 with the sci-fi parody film “The Attack of the Giant Musaka “. Before” Xenia “his paintings twice became nominees main cinema award.
