Movie

When the Greeks

1981 · 98 min

A slow, serious historical drama that asks you to sit with ideas about class and identity while tension quietly builds.

Overview: At the turn of the twentieth century a young merchant is abducted by a group of brigands who are sheltered in a remote mountainous area of Greece aiming to extract ransom from his wealthy family. The young man develops a kind of sympathy to the arch-brigand and realizes that the underground life and moral code of his kidnappers actually represent a more genuine expression of “New Hellenism” than his bourgeois well-being.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, class, freedom, betrayal
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
class
freedom
betrayal
morality
Places: countryside
wilderness
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none