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Director
Menelaos Karamaghiolis
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Script
Menelaos Karamaghiolis
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Producer
PAUSILYPON FILMS, GREEK FILM CENTRE, ERT S.A., ΤΟΝΙΚΟΝ, PPV, PETRA (Greece), MACT PRODUCTIONS (France), ANIMATOGRAFO PRODUCAO DES FILMES (Portugal)
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Language
Greek, English, French
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Colour
Colour, Black & White
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Genre
Thriller
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Format
35 mm
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Summary
Christos, around thirty, a pilot in the Hellenic Air Force, fakes his own death with the help of Stavros, a former lover of his girlfriend Maria, in order to find out if she truly loves him. Maria, who after Christos’ “death” has again become involved with Stavros, receives letters and taped messages from the “dead” pilot, until she discovers that everything was staged by her lover. She manages to meet Christos but both of them realize that they must find a way of escaping from Stavros’ clutches. In the end, the two men are killed in an accident that Christos provokes in order to save his beloved and at that same moment Maria brings a child into the world.
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Cinematography
Ilias Konstadakopoulos
Editor
Takis Giannopoulos
Production Manager
Giorgos Tsokopoulos
Nikos Doukas Anna Komninou
Music Composer
Nikos Kypourgos
Set Designer
Tina Karageorgi
Costume Designer
Agis Panagiotou
Sound
Marinos Athanasopoulos
Make-up
Danielle Vuarin
Kiki Balafouti Nabil Salana
Special Effects
Michalis Samiotis
Neil Uppington
Assistant Director
Takis Giannopoulos
Stella Charitopoulou
Audio-Visual Labs
Film Post-production
Music Composer
Τραγούδι
Μουσικά Κομμάτια
Each man kills the thing he loves
Special Contributors
Military Consultants KOSMAS VOURIS, RIGAS TSITAS, DIMITRIS PAPAMICHAIL, KOSTAS TACHTSIDIS
Contributors
Casting |
Actors
Alkis Kourkoulos
Myrto Alikaki Kleon Grigoriadis Hanna Schygulla Karyofyllia Karabeti Dimitris Papaioannou Nikos Georgakis Ilias Doumas Dimitris Athanasiou Giorgos Kavgalakis Othon Metaxas Stergios Nenes Freddy Vianellis Padelis Psychas Nikos Psarras Rony Seretis Krateros Katsoulis Christos Agouridis Tasos Nousias Jose Franco Aggelos Zinis Mike Kapetanios Konstadinos Rigos Alexandra Magioletti Kostas Kappas Tania Kelli Adonis Iordanou Kostas Vitelaro Alexandros Kosmopoulos Giannis Kitadzis Giorgos Kosmopoulos Stavros Mermygis Ada Triadafyllaki Nini Vosniakou Spyros Perdiou Giorgos Gouvalaris Panos Karatzas Stamatis Pagonis Thanasis Athanasiou Konstadinos Katselis Aris Moumtzis Spyros Gourelis Maro Kakavela Elena Nathanail |
Karamangiolis loves images, is discerning, and knows how to render what he sees. His documentary, Rom, was a great piece of poetry on the life, manners, and beauty of Roma gypsies.
Black-Out, a 160-minute long film whose production was an odyssey in itself, is also the erotic and existential odyssey of a love triangle; a burning – by its very nature – erotic quest, which aims to reach the very core of pleasure, locate love, discover its mystery, interpret it, experience it, introduce the element of death, pursue metaphysics on non-conventional terms. Karamangiolis has opted for an ornate cinematic style. He applied cutting-edge techniques, and insisted on perfecting his framing down to fine detail. He strove doggedly for years to accomplish everything, creating a film rich in cinematic resources and fulsomely expressive, albeit somewhat marred by such overload. This is a film in which the love triangle of the story is thrown into relief through the film-maker’s deft handling.
Film Critic
Hellenic Ministry of Culture State Cinema Awards 1998
Third Prize for Feature-length Fiction Film
Best Debut-Film Director Award
Best Leading Actress Award
Best Sound Award
- Best Editing Award
Other Distinctions
Greek Cinema Technicians Guild (ETEKT) Award
