Happy Day (1977)

A concentration camp on a barren island is hell for the exiled prisoners. The everyday life of the people who live there consists of interrogations, psychological and physical violence, ... See full summary »

Director:

Pantelis Voulgaris

Writers:

Andreas Franghias (book), Pantelis Voulgaris (screenplay)

Stars:

Zorz Sarri, Giorgos Moshidis, Stavros Kalaroglou

4 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Zorz Sarri
Giorgos Moshidis
Stavros Kalaroglou
Nikos Bousdoukos
Costa Fyssoun
Konstantinos Tzoumas	...	(as Kostas Tzoumas)
Stathis Giallelis
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
T. Abatzis
Giorgos Akritidis	...	(as G. Akritidis)
Dimos Avdeliodis
Mihalis Ballis	...	(as Mihalis Balis)
Yannis Bostantzoglou
G. Daskalakis
Panagiotis Filopatis	...	(as Panagiotis Psylopatis)
Andreas Harakopoulos	...	Tzimis the Tiger

Storyline

A concentration camp on a barren island is hell for the exiled prisoners. The everyday life of the people who live there consists of interrogations, psychological and physical violence, arbitrary punishments and other torments. One of the prisoners who refuses to yield is subjected to torture. Trying to escape, he falls into the sea. When the Queen visits the island, the prison guards find the runaway and murder him without a second thought, since he is already assumed dead.

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Plot Keywords:

absurd | detention | brainwashing | allegory | island | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Greece

Language:

Greek

Release Date:

9 September 1977 (Canada)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Greek Film Center

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Mousiki vradya: Tragoudia apo ton Elliniko kinimatografo (1976)

User Reviews

A harsh movie about political detainees on a prison island

Pandelis Voulgaris gives us an excellent allegoric movie that reminds George Orwell's 1984. That movie could be about the extreme measures used by nationalists against communists, or by the 1967-1974 dictatorship against democrats in Greece, but the director doesn't let us know which island he is talking about, or which time of the last 50 years. Overall a great movie, a little slow in development of the story but really harsh enough to wake up the viewers' feelings against the oppression of the human individuality.