CHEVALIER
by Athina Rachel Tsangari
Greece 2015 99 min. original version with German subtitles
fri 13 nov 7:00 pm Caligari FilmBühne
Script: Efthimis Filippou, Athina Rachel Tsangari, DoP: Christos Karamanis, Editors: Matt Johnson, Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Production: Faliro House Productions, Greek Film Center, Haos Film, Producers: Maria Hatzakou, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Cast: Yorgos Kentros, Panos Koronis, Vangelis Mourikis, Makis Papadimitriou, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos
In the middle of the Aegean Sea, on a luxury yacht, six men on a fishing trip decide to play a game. During this game, things will be compared. Things will be measured. Blood will be tested. Friends will become rivals and rivals will become hungry. But at the end of the voyage, the man who wins will be the best man and he will wear upon his little finger the victorious signet ring: the "Chevalier."
"(…) this film is not about individual stories, experiences and relationships so much as the mechanisms and patterns that emerge whenever and wherever people are together. (…) what happens in the film doesn’t necessarily resemble real life in a narrow documentary sense but instead gives the viewer something else: a chance to consider certain behavior from various sides and on a more abstract level." (The Hollywood Reporter)
Biography: Athina Rachel Tsangari’s sophomore feature ATTENBERG premiered in competition at the 2010 Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Coppa Volpi Award for its lead, Ariane Labed, and went on to win several directing and best film awards at festivals worldwide. She is the co-founder of Haos Film, a filmmaker-run production company based in Athens. Among Haos’ producing credits are three films directed by Yorgos Lanthimos: DOGTOOTH as associate producer, and ALPS. Furthermore, she was a co-producer on Richard Linklater’s BEFORE MIDNIGHT where she also appeared as an actress. DUNCHARON, her sci-fi comedy in development, was awarded the ARTE France Cinéma Award for best project at Rotterdam’s CineMart.
Filmography (selection): 2001 THE SLOW BUSINESS OF GOING, 2010 ATTENBERG, 2012 THE CAPSULE, 2015 CHEVALIER
Awards: Heart of Sarajevo in the category "Best Actor", Special Jury Mention (Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia-Herzegovina 2015)
