‘Brando hit all the right notes.’
– Theresa Carroll, Filmink.
Tsonis captures an Athens seldom glimpsed by outsiders – balancing grit and elegance in equal measure, with cinematographer Joerg Gruber’s intuitive handheld camerawork shaping the film’s raw and lyrical movement through the city. Into this visual tapestry, English and Greek are woven seamlessly.
We walk alongside Luca as he desperately tries to wrangle life to fit his dreams. He seizes Athens by the throat – shouting his own lines to balconies, commanding traffic like a conductor without hands, dressing like a bloated theatre-goer, crowing like a vulture over his neighbourhood, provoking police with reckless intent. Every act becomes a performance. Every moment risks collapse. Athens is his stage — and no one has the script.
source: filmink.com.au