Days of '36(Méres tou '36)

The darkening political landscape of 1936 sets the stage for drawing parallels with the 1970s for the first film in Angelopoulos’ “Trilogy of History”. In a Brechtian drama based on a real-life incident, a police informer accused of assassinating a trade unionist holds a politician hostage in his cell, leading to an absurd government crisis. Reconstructed in an oblique and elliptical narrative, the parody under an imposed silence denies everyone a clear picture, yet the high-angle long shots and the languorous 360-degree tracks and pans cast a sardonic eye on the ineptitudes of the bureaucrats and politicians, exposing an underlying truth beyond ambiguity. 

Berlin International Film Festival: FIPRESCI Prize 

Thessaloniki Film Festival: Best Director and Best Cinematography