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The Reason Why

1974 · 120 min

A slow-burning, earnest drama of rural hardship and collective struggle, steeped in melancholy and quiet tension.

Overview
Michalis returns to the tobacco growers of his rural village after having spent some time in the city and persuades them to form a collective, rather than suffer the poverty-inducing prices they are paid for their crops by tobacco brokers. They agree not to sell to any of the brokers and start to form a farmers' group. When one of the farmers breaks the agreement and is found dead, Michalis is accused. However, rather than expose the farmers' plight and give publicity to the brokers' greed, the motive the government gives for the killing is thi asimanton aformin, for unimportant reasons.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • power
  • corruption
  • justice
  • betrayal
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Tasos Psarras
Written by
Tasos Psarras
Starring
Mihalis Bogiaridis, Stelios Kapatos, Byron Tsaboulas, Vana Fitsori, Giorgos Fourniadis, Kostas Konstantinidis, Hristos Fitsoris, Lefteris Papadimitriou
Cinematography
Stavros Hassapis
Runtime
120 min
Country
Greece
Languages
Greek

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