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Block 12 / Οικόπεδο 12
Title:
Block 12 / Οικόπεδο 12
When:
01.11.2014 21.00 h
Where:
Palace Cinemas Como - South Yarra
Category:
Festival

Description

Greece, 2013, 94mins (Comedy)

Director Kyriacos Tofarides

 

Who said the financial crisis couldn't be funny?

A light-hearted antidote to the existentialist cinematic angst of the contemporary Greek film industry, Block 12 remains truly Greek while unashamedly incorporating Bollywood-accented song and dance routines (yes, you heard correctly).

English spy satellites discover a massive oil reserve on abandoned mining land in Cyprus, but a cantankerous and hermitic retiree Costantas Rizites (Costas Demetriou) and his wife Ellou (Karmen Rouggeri) have lay claim to it first.

A hilarious race to secure access to the precious black gold ensues when Costantas and his uproariously dysfunctional family – already hit by the financial crisis – stubbornly refuse to sell-out. The family become the centre of a faux siege as cross-continental oil powers compete against each other for Con's signature on a much-coveted mining lease.

Block 12 is the kind of delightful comedic romp that all the family can enjoy... although maybe not the Rizites family!

Written by: Panos Stathogiannis, Kyriakos Tofaridis

Produced by: Kyriakos Tofaridis, Dionyssis Samiotis

Cast: Costas Demetriou, Karmen Rouggeri, Michalis Marinos, Yiannis Tsimitselis, Irine Constantinou, Neetu Chandra


About the Director:

Kyriacos Tofarides studied theatre direction at the Sofia Academy of Theatre and Film Art in Bulgaria, before returning to Cyprus. As well as working as a television director at the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, he established the independent film company AVRA Productions in 1999. Block 12 is his feature film direction debut.


Greek Synopsis:

Μια φτωχή και ασήμαντη οικογένεια ζει κοντά σε ένα εγκαταλειμένο ορυχείο κάπου στην Κύπρο, στο οποίο οι κατασκοπευτικοί δορυφόροι των μεγάλων δυνάμεων εντόπισαν κοιτάσματα πετρελαίου.

Venue

Venue:
Palace Cinemas Como   -   Website
Street:
Cnr Toorak Rd & Chapel St
Postcode:
3141
Suburb:
South Yarra
State:
VIC
Country:
Country: au

Centrally located in the heart of chic South Yarra, the glamorous Palace Cinema Como screens a selection of the best local and international films. In addition to cutting edge cinema, each year Palace Cinema Como is proud to host a wide range of film festivals including the Italian, French, Greek, German, Israeli and Russian Film Festivals.