MEDEA
Listing Details
Ελληνικός Τίτλος - If the movie is from Greece else fill the English title
MEDEA
Σκηνοθέτης - Director
Dimitri Athanitis
Χώρα / Χώρες Παραγωγής - Country of Production
Greece
Διάρκεια σε λεπτά- Duration in minutes
82
Φωτογραφία Σκηνοθέτη - Directors Photo
Συντελεστές - Movie Credits Actors,photography,sound etc
Dimitri Athanitis - Director
Dimitri Athanitis - Writer
Alexandra Kazazou - Key Cast
Dimitri Athanitis - Producer
Dimitri Athanitis - Writer
Alexandra Kazazou - Key Cast
Dimitri Athanitis - Producer
Περίληψη στα (Αγγλικά) μέχρι 100 λέξεις - Summary (English) up to 100 words: Και οι Ελληνικές ταινίες να εχουν περίληψη στα Ελληνιικά και Αγγλικά
Medea and Jason are living as refuges at Corinthos when Jason abandons Medea to marry king Kreon's daughter. After that, Medea is ordered to leave the city at once with her two children, on penalty of death.
Medea *****
"A visual and sound ecstasy, rarely felt in current cinema"
KinoCulture Montreal
Medea *****
"A visual and sound ecstasy, rarely felt in current cinema"
KinoCulture Montreal
Βιογραφικό (Αγγλικά) μέχρι 100 λέξεις - Curriculum Vitae (English) up to 100 words: Και για τους Ελληνες Σκηνοθέτες
Dimitri Athanitis is an outstanding Greek film director, member of the European Film Academy, founding member and first Secretary of the Greek Film Academy.
His last film "Invisible" (2016) gained 16 Awards at more than 40 festivals, playing for 17 weeks at Athens theaters and in more than 35 Greek cities, making an incredible record, while "Three Days Happiness" (2012) screened at Cairo, Sevilla and 20 more festivals.
His debut film "Addio Berlin" (1994) gained Jury’s Prize at Thessaloniki IFF for "renweing Greek cinema" and his second "No Sympathy for the Devil" (1997) was nominated for Golden Alexander and gained the Best Actress Award.
His film on Millenium “2000+1 Shots” (2001) was selected in the top 10 of the year in Senses of Cinema by B. Mousoulis and was hailed by Variety. Other films of his, “Planet Athens” (2005), Midsummer’s Night Dream” (1999), “Vox” (1995), “Labyrinth” (2019).
"Medea” (2022) is his 10th feature .
Director Statement
I am Medea.
Based on Euripides masterpiece, the film re-invents the original play using primary, archetypal elements, as Medea herself is an archetype character.
Medea is the mother, the stranger, the completely fallen and abandoned woman with no place to live. A woman fighting alone to survive.
Medea’s character is emphatically a person of nowadays, although the film is set in the distant past and that is another huge challenge.
His last film "Invisible" (2016) gained 16 Awards at more than 40 festivals, playing for 17 weeks at Athens theaters and in more than 35 Greek cities, making an incredible record, while "Three Days Happiness" (2012) screened at Cairo, Sevilla and 20 more festivals.
His debut film "Addio Berlin" (1994) gained Jury’s Prize at Thessaloniki IFF for "renweing Greek cinema" and his second "No Sympathy for the Devil" (1997) was nominated for Golden Alexander and gained the Best Actress Award.
His film on Millenium “2000+1 Shots” (2001) was selected in the top 10 of the year in Senses of Cinema by B. Mousoulis and was hailed by Variety. Other films of his, “Planet Athens” (2005), Midsummer’s Night Dream” (1999), “Vox” (1995), “Labyrinth” (2019).
"Medea” (2022) is his 10th feature .
Director Statement
I am Medea.
Based on Euripides masterpiece, the film re-invents the original play using primary, archetypal elements, as Medea herself is an archetype character.
Medea is the mother, the stranger, the completely fallen and abandoned woman with no place to live. A woman fighting alone to survive.
Medea’s character is emphatically a person of nowadays, although the film is set in the distant past and that is another huge challenge.