A filming adventure based on the original play by Euripides, "Medea", now set in the streets of present day Athens through a breathtaking detective manner and the detective being the director of the documentary. Throughout the investigation we experience conversations with theoreticians, directors and actors, casting sessions, rehearsals but most importantly interviews with people on the street.
"Based on the Euripides’ acknowledgement that 'affect and passion is more powerful than reason', Nikos Grammatikos plunges, quite arrogantly, as he admits, into the tragedy of Medea, in order to deal with a personal loss. Filming without a script (for the first time), and after a five-year 'battle', Grammatikos gives a film in which the dividing lines between fiction, documentary and research are constantly shifting." (production company)
Biography: Nikos Grammatikos was born on the Greek island of Salamina in 1963. He studied Film and Mathematics. From 1984 to 1994 he produced the programme "Cinema on the Third Programme" on Greek public radio, in collaboration with filmmakers Antonis Kokkinos and Yannis Karypidis. Since 1996, he has shot own films.
Filmography (selection): 1996 TRUANTS, 2001 THE KING, 2005 THE WAKE, 2015 MEDEA: LOUDER THAN MY THOUGHTS
Awards: Nominee for Best Documentary (Hellenic Film Academy Awards, Athens/Greece 2014)
