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FROM THE EDGE OF THE
CITY
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17-year-old Sasha (Stathis Papadopoulos) is the smoldering center
of a gang of Pontian Greek kids who live precariously on the margins
of Athens, hustling by night in Omonia Square. Having come with
their families from Kazakhstan as refugees, they are shunned in
their new homeland, even though they are ethnic Greeks. With drugs
fueling their increasingly volatile existence, their lives and
the ties that bind them eventually shatter as they collide with
the city's harsh underside.
Violent and energetic in its headlong
rush to the abyss, From The Edge of the City takes an unsparing
look at the precarious lives of dispossessed street youth
in Athens.
Writer-director Constantinos Giannaris returns to his native
city for a film that won't do much for the tourist trade
but vividly
lays bare a side of Athenian life few visitors will have encountered.
running time: 94 min.
In Greek and
Kazakh with English subtitles.
"An
insightful journey through burgeoning male sexuality."
David Bahr, TIMEOUT NEW YORK
"Pitched
somewhere between TRAINSPOTTING and HATE, and with a pulsating
hard-rock-tinged
score by Akis Daoutis, the
movie abounds in zip-pans, horizontal wipes, aggressively
heightened sound and other technical trickery to suggest
lives spiraling
out of control. Gripping
and intense!"
Philip Kemp, Variety
"A
stunning film!"
CHICAGO HERALD TRIBUNE
"Homoerotic!
The boys are eye candy! Brilliant! This film is classy especially
the way it handles urban disorientation"
Amos Lassen, CINEMA PRIDE
"Bristles
with energy and passion!"
Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES
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