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Hardcore

2004 · 96 min

A grim, intimate plunge into exploitation and tenderness, hard to shake and harder to watch.

Directed by
Dennis Iliadis
Genres
Crime, Drama
Starring
Katerina Tsavalou, Danae Skiadi, Ioannis Papazisis
Tagline
They're young, sexy and fully loaded.
Overview
Leaving behind a hard life with their families, two young girls end up in a brothel, fall in love and support one another against the adversities and violence of the night.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Dennis Iliadis
Genres
Crime, Drama
Starring
Katerina Tsavalou, Danae Skiadi, Ioannis Papazisis
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • love
  • survival
  • violence
  • trauma
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
crime, drama
Directed by
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Written by
Dennis Iliadis
Starring
Katerina Tsavalou, Danae Skiadi, Ioannis Papazisis, Omiros Poulakis, Andreas Marianos, Dimitris Liolios, Konstadinos Avarikiotis, Yannis Stankoglou
Cinematography
Thimios Bakatakis
Runtime
96 min
Country
Greece
Languages
Greek

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