Kinetta (film)

Kinetta (Greek: Κινέτα) is a 2005 Greek drama film produced by Athina Rachel Tsangari and directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. It is Lanthimos' solo directorial debut. It was written by Yorgos Lanthimos and Yorgos Kakanakis. It stars Evangelia Randou, Aris Servetalis, and Costas Xikominos.

Kinetta
Directed byYorgos Lanthimos
Produced byAthina Rachel Tsangari
Written byYorgos Lanthimos
Yorgos Kakanakis
StarringEvangelia Randou
Aris Servetalis
Costas Xikominos
CinematographyThimios Bakatakis
Edited byYorgos Mavropsaridis
Production
company
Haos Film
Release date
  • 9 September 2005 (2005-09-09) (TIFF)
  • 22 March 2007 (2007-03-22) (Greece)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryGreece
LanguageGreek

Plot

During off-season at the Greek seaside resort of Kinetta, three perfect strangers--a police officer out of uniform with a thing for German luxury cars and Russian women, an eccentric photographer, and a hotel chambermaid--join forces for a rather strange reason: to recreate homicides. Meticulously and with an almost ritualistic approach, the unlikely trio reenact crime scenes of brutal murders, to the point where the boundaries of their own private lives slowly begin to blur.

Reception

John DeFore, writing for The Hollywood Reporter, praised the movie's ability to provoke its audience, with the intrusion of humorous shots or moments of color into the otherwise "drearily wintry" aesthetic. He also asserted longtime fans would enjoy the movie, as it "...introduces themes that would continue even into his lauded English-language work."[1]

Release

The film was not released theatrically in the United States in 2005. In 2019, the Museum of the Moving Image played the film for nine days in October.[2]

Cast
  • Evangelia Randou
  • Aris Servetalis
  • Costas Xikominos
  • Youlika Skafida
  • Hector Kaloudis

References
  1. DeFore, John (16 October 2019). "'Kinetta': Film Review". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. Erbland, Kate (14 October 2019). "'Kinetta' Trailer: Yorgos Lanthimos' Daring First Feature Finally Gets a U.S. Release — Exclusive". IndieWire. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
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