Xenia
First screened in October 2014
Director: Panos H. Koutras. Cast: Kostas Nikouli, Nikos Gelia, Aggelos Papadimitriou, Romanna Lobats, Yannis Stankoglou, Marissa Triandafyllidou, Dinos Psychogios, Electra Leda Koutra, Patty Pravo. Screenplay: Panos H. Koutras and Panagiotis Evangelidis. Twitter Capsule:
Loose-leaf notebook of queer kitsch ideas. Stabs at allegory. Unconvincing, low-level fun; takes intermittent risks.
VOR:②
Clearly my fellow jurors perceived impressive spirit and originality here. I saw more fitful glints of both, amid a generally ramshackle structure and a trajectory both literal and vague.
