Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

blissfilm I saw this film at the San Francisco Greek Film Festival (where it won first prize). I really enjoyed the evolution of the story as played out through the scenes and through the lives of these people. There were no sort of "pre-told" relationships; we found out through the script what was going on between each of these people as it naturally evolved through the story. It made me think about what "home" is, and played against the memories we have about home -- and the challenges to that idea as we grow and experience more of life. There is also a kind of hidden history here about the Balkans and Greece in particular; the film takes you into how history has shaped the lives of people in a country through their experiences, and especially how human beings make individual decisions to either defy the brokenness of that history or to mend it. Very scenic as well.

enaskitis-1 The production is decent, the sound is very good for a Greek film (most Greek films have terrible sound, and you cannot hear what actors say). But the story never gets off and at the second half it escapes from the hands of the storyteller and characters start acting implausibly. Eleni gets friendly with Nina, then attacks her in a most improbable way, then gets friendly again, and all these fluctuations are unjustified. The movie is supposed to move you, and you may get some tears but they're of the superficial variety, after they've dried you don't feel anything in the heart. Too many close-ups, and a general feeling that the story isn't engaging. The result is TV rather than cinema, except for the great length.The director might do a better movie in the future, provided that she writes a tighter script and she distances herself from the TV aesthetic.