
A film by Ana Kokkinos
Alex Dimitriades
Paul Capsis
Julian Garner
Tony Nikolakopoulos
Alex Papps
"simply remarkable" - Uncut ****
An extraordinarily bold tale of one boy's conflict with his background, his heritage and his future. Ari doesn't quite know how to express this turmoil, and he isn't sure about where he's going. And we are a fly on the wall during twenty-four hours of his struggle.
Ari is at that point in his life where he doesn't quite know who he is. He looks at the world and says 'the world is shit'. He sees that it's full of hypocrisy and wonders where he fits in. He's struggling with his Greekness, his identity, his sexuality.
But things are never clear cut for Ari. He wants to be connected to his family and yet in order to be true to himself he must struggle and push them away.
He's a complex, contradictory character. Ari's sense of being angry and confused about the world, but at the same time to show that, underneath, it comes from a place of love, of painful connectedness.
Ari's idea of freedom is to be in the moment, to believe in the interaction that's going on. That's why the body, the physical 'being in the moment' is so important for him. But he also believes that to be free he has to keep his secrets, he has to be a chameleon and take on the protective colouring of his surroundings.
This creates enormous conflicts for him and it's these struggles that the film's really about.
"disco lights, drug abuse, brutal sex and fierce loyalty... beautiful, sensual and cruel"
- Flicks ****
"Dimitriades is hotter than a tin shed in the outback"
- Movie Chart Show
| Released date | June 16th, 2008 |
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| Aspect Ratio | 16:9 |
| Main Soundtrack | Mono |
| Language | English |
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| Region Code | 2 (Europe, Japan, South Africa) |
| Disc Format | DVD 5 PAL |
| Duration | 104 min |
Australia/1998/Colour
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