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Blackmail Boy

Country: Greece, Language: Greek, 100 mins

Original Title

Oxygono
  • Director: Thanasis Papathanasiou; Michalis Reppas
  • Writer: Thanasis Papathanasiou; Michalis Reppas
  • Producer: Elena Hatzialexandrou; Roula Nicolaou

CGiii Comment

With obvious aspirations of Almodovar, Reppas and Papathanasiou fail to reach his ability.

The plot is overly convoluted with way too many characters.

Too many unnecessary scenes; bewildering, doing nothing to propel the story forward.

This is not an outright disaster...but, it is so difficult to follow that all interest is lost within 30 minutes and, really, how it all turns out is lost in the wind...because, it's not too difficult to predict.


Trailer...

The(ir) Blurb...

In the small, closed community of a provincial town, Magda tries to maintain a balance within a family facing many serious problems. The families apparently normal, bourgeois, every-day life will crack open, bringing to the surface hatred and passions of the kind that lie well-hidden in the mists of the nearby lake. An intense plot and a totally unexpected ending make up this film, which features characters who are vulnerable, innocent and ordinary, but who become ruthless and callous, worrying only about protecting their financial resources. The offences are disproportionately serious compared to the financial benefits they try to secure.

Cast & Characters

Nena Menti as Magda;
Maria Kavoyianni as Vicky;
Akilas Karazisis as Giorgos;
Joys Evidi as Gia;
Alexis Georgoulis as Stelios Nousias;
Jeannie Papadopoulou as Giota;
Yannis Tsimitselis as Hristos;
Alexandros Antonopoulos as Manolis;
Anna Kyriakou as Anneta;
Giorgos Gerontidakis-Sempetadelis as Timos;
Jenny Theona as Fay;
Aris Antonopoulos;
Konstadina Stefanopoulou;
Nestoras Lazeris;
Elli Papadopoulou