Sunday 13 April at 21:30
On a sun-scorched, windswept island, a concentration camp of political prisoners awaits the visit of the “great mother”, in honor of whom they have prepared a celebration. One of the prisoners, who steadfastly refuses to renounce his beliefs, disappears and is pro- claimed dead by the camp's authorities. They claim he has committed suicide. However, on the day of the official visit and during the celebration, the “dead man” reappears. According to Maria Komninos, “The film addresses the problem of [the concentration camp of] Makronisos as a microcosm of the division and split in the public sphere in Greece. [...] Voulgaris approaches his subject with a strong neo-realistic and humanistic view...”.
Introduction by Electra Venaki
Restoration
The digitization in 4K was carried out by the project "SUB.4.7 - Digital Film Restoration Laboratory of the Greek Film Archive", funded by Next Generation EU, in the framework of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, in collaboration with the L'Immagine Ritrovata laboratory.
