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The story of Ioannis Zachos, a young psychopath who commits a murder in Athens.
John the Violent
1973 ‘Ιωάννης ο βίαιος’ Directed by Tonia Marketaki
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Manolis Logiadis Vangelis Kazan Nikitas Tsakiroglou Nikos Glavas Mika Flora Antonis Hatzopoulos Kostas Arzoglou Dimitris Bikiropoulos Faidon Hatzidimitris Malaina Anousaki Sotiris Papadopoulos Minas Hatzisavvas Lefteris Tzoulakis Giorgos Partsalakis Kostas Ziogas Kostas Papanikolaou Panos Anastasopoulos Vangelis Maniatis Ilias Katevas Giorgos Moraris Despoina Amparzoglou Athina Pontsinou Giorgos Sabanis Irini Tzouti Lida Protopsalti Mary Metaxa Zozo Zarpa Kostas Tsakonas Martha Drosou Show All…
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Thessaloniki Film Festival
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29 Sep 1973
- Premiere Thessaloniki Film Festival
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Τι. Κάνει. Η. Μαρκετάκη. Ηθογραφικό πορτρέτο μιας ολόκληρης κοινωνίας, αστυνομικό cover story που αριστεύει στην αποτύπωση του εγκλήματος, δικαστικό δράμα που είναι ανατριχιαστικά ακριβές σε ό,τι και αν αγγίζει. Είναι θαύμα που αυτή η ταινία γυρίστηκε το 1973, είναι έγκλημα το ότι δεν την έχει δει περισσότερος κόσμος. Ανατριχίλες.
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Absolutely amazed by how this film manages to speak on so many social issues on a more subtextual level, while also maintaining an interesting story for its entirety.
Its themes, are clearly still present, to this day, and will probably continue to be, as it is obvious that no real change has taken place regarding such issues.
It's really insane to think about how it's been almost 60 years since the incident, that inspired this film, took place, and yet the story is more relevant than ever, with a striking number of almost 20 femicides taking place in Greece just in the last year.
This is, besides everything else, a really depressing film, considering how much similar it seems to today's reality.9.3/10
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I really liked this.
Tonia Marketaki did a very nice job with directing and the cinematopraphy was really good.
It reminded me of the movie Reconstruction (1970) of Angelopoulos.
The perfomances were good but the only drawback is that the movie was 3 hours when it should have been 2 hours.
I found the last part in the court that different people were discussing about madness and crime ,irrelevant and not interesting because it just prolonged the plot but it might was a good thing for 70's people to watch and think.
Also the main character is a copy of Raskolnikiv of the famous novel of Fyodor Dostoyevsky "Crime and Punishment" . -
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Quite an achievement. Marketaki unravels her tale with a sure, steady hand, taking her time to shed light on every side of the story at every corner, and delivers a 3-hour epic that almost never drags and laudably shifts its focus halfway through with no hesitation. Some of the acting is decidedly amateurish and I found the court scenes a bit overlong and occasionally unsubtle, but overall this is a gripping, acute and sadly apropos portrayal of an unabashed society cruelly hijacking a femicide.
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Διαχρονική ταινία με επίκεντρο της μια γυναικοκτονία, επίσης εξαιρετική σκηνοθεσία με τρομερή φωτογραφία.
Την είδα σε αποκαταστημένη κόπια στην Ταινιοθήκη, αν τύχει να προβληθεί κάπου, μην την χάσετε! -
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Κάποια στιγμή που εξελίσσεται ακόμα η έρευνα , κάποια διαβ;ζει εφημερίδα που γράφει " ο δολοφόνος όπως έδειξαν οι έρευνες του ιατροδικαστή και του εγκληματολογικού είναι αριστερός"
(Όπου εννοεί αριστερόχειρος λολ)
Ένα 6ο αστέρι στην γιαγιά του κατά φαντασίαν φονιά.
ΠΡΕΠΕΙ ΝΑ ΑΝΑΚΑΛΥΘΦΕΙ ΑΜΕΣΑ , τσιρζ -
One of the best Greek films I’ve watched in my life . Tonia Marketaki deserves all the props!