BURNING HEADS
synopsis
Adonis, a 25 year old Russian immigrant, lives and works at a gas station in Larisa, a small town north of Athens. Ambitious and eager to climb the social ladder, he is also romantically involved with his boss's daughter, Natasa (20), who he plans to marries. Adonis returns to Athens to introduce his bride to be to his mother Rina (55) and brother Lefteris (20), a schizophrenic. Adonis's visit unravels family dynamics and deep-running problems that haunt all of them: Lefteris yearns his brother's love while living through a part long gone, Adonis tries to overcome his guilt over Lefteris and deals with the consequences of rejecting his roots and Rina unwillingly suffocates Adonis over shadowing Lefteris.
international title: | Burning Heads |
original title: | To gala |
country: | Greece |
year: | 2011 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Yorgos Siougas |
film run: | 100' |
release date: | GR 24/09/2011 |
screenplay: | Vasilis Katsikonouris |
cast: | Omiros Poulakis, Promitheas Aliferopoulos, Ioanna Tsirigoùli, Iro Bezou |
cinematography by: | Yannis Drakoularakos |
film editing: | Yannis Tsitsopoulos |
art director: | Eva Nathena |
costumes designer: | Eva Nathena |
music: | Anastasios C. Katsaris |
producer: | Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Manos Krezias, Kostas Lambropoulos, Dionyssis Samiotis |
production: | CL Productions, Faliro House Productions, Odeon S.A. |
backing: | Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center - Creative Greece |