JIMMY THE TIGER
ΤΖΙΜΗΣ Ο ΤΙΓΡΗΣ
JIMMY THE TIGER
Much in a little
25 Kasım Cumartesi 13.15
Greece | 1966 | DCP | B&W | 14’ Greek – Turkish & English Subtitled
Director: Pantelis Voulgaris
Screenplay: Pantelis Voulgaris
Director of Photography: Pantelis Voulgaris
Editing: Dinos Katsouridis
Music: Evangelos Ballis, Prodromos Tsaousakis
Cast: Spyros Kalogirou, Marilyse Preisler, Nassos Katakouzinos
Producer: Pantelis Voulgaris
Awards
Thessaloniki FF En İyi Kısa Film, Film Eleştirmenleri Birliği Ödülü
SYNOPSIS
“Jimmy the Tiger”, a man known for his incredible physical strength, performs street shows in the streets of Athens to support his family. One day, a young woman approaches him and expresses her interest in taking his photograph for a newspaper story. They grow close and spend a night together at a hotel. The next morning, Jimmy wakes up to a nightmare.
Pantelis Voulgaris (1940)
He studied at Stavrakou Film School and worked as an assistant director in several movies. After the award receiving short films such as “O kleftis” (1965) and “Tzimis o Tigris” (1966), the first feature film he shot in 1972, “To proxenio tis Annas”, received the FIPRESCI award in Berlin and was selected Best Movie in Thessaloniki. In 1973, he was sent into exile for six months. He directed his controversial political allegory “Happy Day” in 1977. Vulgaris, who gained a great commercial success with “Petrina hronia” receiving the Best Actress in 1985 in Venice, continued to actively shoot movies in the 90’s and 2000’s. The last movie he directed is “To teleftaio simeioma” in 2017.
