HOSTAGE
synopsis
Based on actual events. A young Albanian immigrant boards an intercity bus on its daily route to northern Greece. Pulling out a gun and a grenade, he allows most of the passengers to leave, but he keeps seven of them hostage. demanding a ransom and safe passage back to his country. Throughout the journey, scattered flashbacks of those onboard reveal the complex web of guilt, secrets and regrets they cling to as they fear for their lives. Broadcast live on national television they are surrounded by a convoy of television crews, desperate relatives, by-standers and police cars. The bus crosses into Albania, and a nation holds its breath...
international title: | Hostage |
original title: | Omiros |
country: | Greece, Turkey |
sales agent: | Celluloid Dreams |
year: | 2004 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Constantinos Giannaris |
film run: | 105' |
screenplay: | Constantinos Giannaris |
cast: | Stathis Papadopoulos, Theodora Tzimou, Giannis Stankoglou, Minas Hadjisavas, Arto Apartian |
cinematography by: | Panagiotis Theofanopoulos |
film editing: | Ionna Spiliopoulou |
art director: | Maria Konomi |
costumes designer: | Maria Konomi |
music: | Nikos Patrelakis |
producer: | Giorgos Lykiardopoulos, Constantinos Giannaris, Baran Seyhan, Jale Onanç |
production: | C. Giannaris Films (TR) |
backing: | Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center - Creative Greece |