Omiros, Greece/Turkey/Austria 2005
With armed force a young immigrant from Albania hijacks an intercity bus, travelling as every day between Athens and Thessaloniki, and takes seven passengers hostage. Police cars, television teams and distraught relatives follow everything live. «An actual incident inspired me to make this film, which occurred in the spring of 1999 in northern Greece. Central to the film are topics of emigration and longing for home; furthermore it is also about the responsibility of the mass media.» (Constantinos Giannaris)
105 Min. Colour. OV/e
WRITTEN/DIRECTED BY Constantinos Giannaris
CAMERA Panos Theofanopoulos
EDIT Ioanna Spiliopoulou
MUSIC Nikos Patrelakis
WITH Stathis Papadopoulos, Theodora Tzimou, Yannis Stankoglou, Minas Hatzisavvas, Arto Apartian