HERCULES, THE RIVER ACHELOUS, AND MY GRANDMOTHER
Ο ΗΡΑΚΛΗΣ, Ο ΑΧΕΛΩΟΣ ΚΑΙ Η ΓΙΑΓΙΑ ΜΟΥ (μ.μ)
HERCULES, THE RIVER ACHELOUS, AND MY GRANDMOTHER
“I’m not afraid of death myself. I want to embrace him. If I see him I will.”
25 Kasım Cumartesi 11.00 28′
Greece | 1997 | DCP | Color | 28’ Greek – Turkish & English Subtitled
Director of Photography:: Dimitris Koutsiabasakos
Screenplay: Dimitris Koutsiabasakos
Director of Photography: Kostas Koutsiabassakos, Pavlos Mavrikidis
Editing: Elissavet Chronopoulou
Cast: Kyriakos Gogos, Dimitra Goroitou, Evangelos Tentolouris
Producer: Dimitris Koutsiabasakos
Awards
Nuremberg FF En İyi Belgesel, Drama Kısa FF En İyi Belgesel, En İyi Ses | Nuremberg FF Best Documentary, Drama Short FF Best Documentary, Best Sound
SYNOPSIS
Dimitra, who is also the grandmother of Dimitris Koutsiabasakos, is 88 years old and lives alone in the village of Armatoliko in the Pindos Mountains. The village, situated on the banks of the Acheloos River, where Dimitra resides, takes its name from the myth of Heracles battling for the love of the river god Acheloos. Dimitra's house is located right in the middle of the construction site planned to become a reservoir. Coincidentally, the materials to be used in the construction of the dam belong to a cement company named "Heracles," and the age-old battle between Acheloos and Heracles continues to this day.
Dimitris Koutsiabasakos (1967)
He studied directing at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (V.G.I.K) in Moscow. He shot short films and feature films for cinema and television. He directed his first short film “Hill 33” in 1998. Some of his noteworthy documentaries are “The Grocer, Silent Witness” (2013), “Yannis Kastritsis - The Man and his Shadow” (2017) and “Heracles, Acheloos and Mesochora” (2019).
