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Black Field
Original Title
Mavro Livadi- Director: Vardis Marinakis
- Writer: Vardis Marinakis
- Producer: Yorgos Lykiardopoulos
CGiii Comment
Very atmospheric, very slow and extremely dull.
A boy is raised as a girl in a convent...and the rest is rather implausible and riddled with plot-holes and obvious errors.
Good cinematography...but, you'll be sound asleep before you can appreciate it.
Trailer...
Black Field from Vardis Marinakis on Vimeo.
The(ir) Blurb...
Greece, 1654. A seriously wounded Janissary arrives at a cloister situated on a cliff, and the sisters take him in and care for him. Sister Anthi, one of those who tends him, falls in love with the soldier and eventually helps him escape. The central focus of the film does not come out of its historical context but is derived from the relationship between the two main characters and, above all, from the quest for freedom and identity for young Anthi. The initially silent sister, hiding a surprising secret, discovers heretofore unknown desires that lead her to a radically altered view of herself.
Cast & Characters
Sofia Georgovassili as Anthi;
Hristos Passalis as The Janissary;
Despina Bebedelli as Igoumeni;
Maria Panouria as Pelagia;
Despina Kourti as Areti;
Evangelia Adreadaki as Dorothea;
Hakan Boyav as Turkish Commander